单词 | captainate |
释义 | captainaten. rare. Now historical. 1. A district or province under the jurisdiction of a captain (esp. captain n. 4). Cf. capitanate n.Captainates have been established in various places at various times, esp. in eastern Europe in the medieval and early modern period, in the Ottoman Empire, and in the Spanish colonies of Central and South America. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > an administrative division of territory > [noun] purprisea1275 member?a1425 precinct1447 lordshipa1450 captainate1593 region1593 partiality1601 division1640 peopledom1657 convent1658 district1667 mastership1707 superintendency1798 area1849 1593 J. Dee 7 Jan. in Private Diary (1842) 43 I receyved letters from the Lord Lasky from his capitaynate in Livonia. 1842 J. Laurie Syst. Universal Geogr. 442 For administrative purposes, Bohemia is divided into 16 circles..and the captainate of Prague. 1849 R. B. Paul tr. W. Pütz Handbk. Mod. Geogr. & Hist. 222 What was formerly Spanish America consisted of four vice-royalties..and five general captainates. 1907 R. Rodd Princes of Achaia II. viii. 26 Now there were in the captainate of Corinth certain areas known as terres de parchon. 1985 E. Frankel & Z. Anchevski tr. S. Antoljak Samuel & his State 90 Basil's first step was to demote Bulgaria from its status as a ‘theme’ to the level of a captainate. 1994 R. J. Donia & J. V. A. Fine Bosnia & Hercegovina iii. 54 In 1730 there were thirty kapetanijes (captainates) in Bosnia and Hercegovina; by 1800 there were thirty-eight. 2. The position or office of captain (in various senses). Cf. captainship n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > [noun] > position of captainshipc1465 captainryc1540 troop1813 capitanate1818 captaincy1818 captainate1906 1906 E. G. Gardner King of Court Poets 46 Towards the end of the year 1503, Ariosto gave up the captainate of Canossa. 1910 A. M. Allen Hist. Verona 93 These words are to be found attached to another office, the Captainate, to which Mastino was elected in 1262, again by the will of the whole people [of Verona]. 1929 Eng. Hist. Rev. 44 279 He was evidently invoking the aid of Charles the Fair..with the bribe of the captainate of the Ghibelline league. 2005 N. Terpstra Abandoned Children of Ital. Renaissance 297 A Johannes Leonardi di Barduccis was elected to the six-person Bigallo captainate in 1539-40. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1593 |
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