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† ˈcaptainry Obs.
Also 6 capitanry, -ery.
[ad. F. capitainerie, in med.L. capitaneria (Matt. Paris): see captain n. and -ry.]
The office of captain, captaincy; a district under a captain.
1536Bellenden Cron. Scot. I. 276 The king of Pichtis..promittit..to geif the capitanry of Camelon to him. c1565Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (1728) 51 Under the Captainry and Government of James Hamilton. 1577Holinshed Chron. Irel. an. 1568 (R.) Fearing that their capteinries should be taken away. 1762tr. Busching's Syst. Geog. III. 740 The capitanery of Luggarus. 1796Morse Amer. Geog. I. 749 The 16 captainries, into which this country is divided. |