† lieutenantryn.
Obsolete.
= lieutenancy n. in various senses.
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society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > territory under a governor or official > [noun] > under a lieutenant
lieutenancy1588
lieutenantry1604
society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > [noun] > deputy governor > position of
lieutenancy1450
lieutenantship1467
locumtenentry1544
lieutenantry1604
lieutenant-governorship1745
lieutenant-governancy1784
vice-governorship1876
society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer by rank > [noun] > lieutenant > position of
lieutenancy1450
lieutenantship1467
locumtenentry1544
lieutenantry1604
society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > leader or commander > [noun] > naval officer > lieutenant > office of
lieutenancy1450
lieutenantship1467
locumtenentry1544
lieutenantry1604
1604 in Reg. Priv. Counc. Scotl. VII. 19 To command and chairge all..leigis and subjectis within the bounds of the said lieutennendrie to rise.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Othello (1622) ii. i. 175 If such trickes as these strip you out of your Leiutenantry . View more context for this quotation
a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iii. xi. 39 He alone Dealt on Lieutenantry, and no practise had In the braue squares of Warre. View more context for this quotation
a1639 J. Spottiswood Hist. Church Scotl. (1677) vi. 286 A Commission of Lieutenandry was given to the Earl of Angus for convocating the subjects and pursuing the Rebels.
a1698 W. Row Suppl. in R. Blair Life (1848) (modernized text) xii. 461 He is discharged of his lieutenantry over the forces in Scotland.
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