captaincyn.
/ˈkaptɪnsi/ 1. The post or position of captain.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > [noun] > position of
captainshipc1465
captainryc1540
troop1813
capitanate1818
captaincy1818
captainate1906
1818 W. Scott Heart of Mid-Lothian iv, in Tales of my Landlord 2nd Ser. II. 88 The captaincy of the Tolbooth.
1841 T. Carlyle On Heroes iv. 194 Enlisted, under Heaven's captaincy.
1884 Cyclist 13 Feb. 242/1 Mr. G...after seven years of captaincy duties, retires from the post.
2.
a. The action or control of a captain; generalship.
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society > armed hostility > military service > [noun] > leading or commanding
leadingc1400
governailc1425
magistration1490
conducting1517
manred1528
conduct1530
manrentc1540
conduction1551
commandment1592
command1594
commandery1598
captaincy1850
officering1890
1850 T. Carlyle Latter-day Pamphlets i. 43 To bring these hordes of outcast captainless soldiers under due captaincy.
1864 Wendell Phillips in Boston (Mass.) Commonw. 27 May We have had neither statesmanship in the White house nor captaincy in the head quarters of the army.
b. spec. in Cricket.
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society > leisure > sport > types of sport or game > ball game > cricket > cricketer > [noun] > side > captain > position or action of captain
captaincy1853
captaining1903
1853 Bell's Life in London 22 May 6/2 The England side was under the captaincy of Mr. Nicholson.
1873 Baily's Monthly Mag. Aug. 44 The good captaincy added quite a new attraction.
3. The district under the rule of a captain (e.g. in Brazil). [= Spanish capitanía.]
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society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > territory under a governor or official > [noun] > under a captain
captainryc1540
captainship1680
captaincy1819
1819 R. Southey Select. from Lett. (1856) III. 255 Disputes and divisions between the great captaincies will be the next step.
4. captaincy-general n. = captain-generalcy n.
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society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > [noun] > commander-in-chief > position of
captain-generalcy1844
captaincy-general1846
command-in-chief1859
1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. (citing Murray).
1876 Gentleman's Mag. New Ser. 16 433 We want..changes of supreme importance:—Abolition of the Captaincies-General, [etc.].
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online September 2021).
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