‖Mon′sei′gneur″ (?), n.; pl.Messeigneurs (#). [F., fr. mon my + seigneur lord, L. senior older. See Senior, and cf. Monsieur.] My lord; — a title in France of a person of high birth or rank; as, Monseigneur the Prince, or Monseigneur the Archibishop. It was given, specifically, to the dauphin, before the Revolution of 1789. (Abbrev. Mgr.)
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.