Seneschal vs. Steward — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Seneschal and Steward
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Seneschal
The word seneschal () can have several different meanings, all of which reflect certain types of supervising or administering in a historic context. Most commonly, a seneschal was a senior position filled by a court appointment within a royal, ducal, or noble household during the Middle Ages and early Modern period – historically a steward or majordomo of a medieval great house.
Steward
One who manages another's property, finances, or other affairs.
Seneschal
An official in a medieval noble household in charge of domestic arrangements and the administration of servants; a steward or major-domo.
Steward
One who is in charge of the household affairs of a large estate, club, hotel, or resort.
Seneschal
A steward, particularly (historical) one in charge of a medieval nobleman's estate.
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Steward
A ship's officer who is in charge of provisions and dining arrangements.
Seneschal
(historical) An officer of the crown in late medieval and early modern France who served as a kind of governor and chief justice of the royal court in Normandy and Languedoc.
Steward
An attendant on a ship or airplane.
Seneschal
An officer in the houses of princes and dignitaries, in the Middle Ages, who had the superintendence of feasts and domestic ceremonies; a steward. Sometimes the seneschal had the dispensing of justice, and was given high military commands.
Then marshaled feastServed up in hall with sewers and seneschale.
Philip Augustus, by a famous ordinance in 1190, first established royal courts of justice, held by the officers called baitiffs, or seneschals, who acted as the king's lieutenants in his demains.
Steward
An official who supervises or helps to manage an event.
Seneschal
The chief steward or butler of a great household
Steward
A shop steward.
Steward
A wine steward.
Steward
To serve as a steward or as the steward of.
Steward
A person who manages the property or affairs for another entity
Steward
(historical) A chief administrator of a medieval manor.
Steward
(nautical) A ship's officer who is in charge of making dining arrangements and provisions.
Steward
A flight attendant, especially male.
Steward
A union member who is selected as a representative for fellow workers in negotiating terms with management.
Steward
A person who has charge of buildings, grounds, and/or animals.
Steward
Someone responsible for organizing an event
Steward
A fiscal agent of certain bodies.
A steward in a Methodist church
Steward
A junior assistant in a Masonic lodge.
Steward
(higher education) An officer who provides food for the students and superintends the kitchen; also, an officer who attends to the accounts of the students.
Steward
(Scotland) A magistrate appointed by the crown to exercise jurisdiction over royal lands.
Steward
(information technology) Somebody who is responsible for managing a set of projects, products or technologies and how they affect the IT organization to which they belong.
Steward
(motor racing) Person responsible for the arbitration of incidents at a motor racing event and whether or not fines/penalties should be issued for such incidents.
Steward
To act as the steward or caretaker of (something)
Steward
A man employed in a large family, or on a large estate, to manage the domestic concerns, supervise other servants, collect the rents or income, keep accounts, and the like.
Worthy to be stewards of rent and land.
They came near to the steward of Joseph's house.
As good stewards of the manifold grace of God.
Steward
A person employed in a hotel, or a club, or on board a ship, to provide for the table, superintend the culinary affairs, etc. In naval vessels, the captain's steward, wardroom steward, steerage steward, warrant officers steward, etc., are petty officers who provide for the messes under their charge.
Steward
A fiscal agent of certain bodies; as, a steward in a Methodist church.
Steward
In some colleges, an officer who provides food for the students and superintends the kitchen; also, an officer who attends to the accounts of the students.
Steward
In Scotland, a magistrate appointed by the crown to exercise jurisdiction over royal lands.
Steward
To manage as a steward.
Steward
Someone who manages property or other affairs for someone else
Steward
The ship's officer who is in charge of provisions and dining arrangements
Steward
An attendant on an airplane
Steward
A union member who is elected to represent fellow workers in negotiating with management
Steward
One having charge of buildings or grounds or animals
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