lieutenancy
noun
the office, authority, incumbency, or jurisdiction of a lieutenant.
lieutenancies
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pluralof lieutenancy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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The most remarkable circumstance attending those lieutenancies was that they were sometimes conferred on the heir apparent during his infancy.
From View of the State of Europe during the Middle Ages, Vol. 3 by Henry Hallam
For gallantry on the field of action Sergeants Dame, Ferguson, Tiffany, Greenwald, and, later on, McIlhenny, were promoted to second lieutenancies, as Sergeant Hayes had already been.
From The Rough Riders by Theodore Roosevelt
Do but observe the common practice in the government of those heroic bodies, our militia and lieutenancies, the most ancient corps of soldiers, perhaps, in the universe.
From The Tatler, Volume 1, 1899 by George A. Aitken
What! shall I esteem as proconsuls, as governors, those who for that end only deem themselves invested with lieutenancies or great senatorial appointments, that they may gorge themselves with the provincial luxuries and wealth?
From The Caesars by Thomas De Quincey
There they won distinction and lieutenancies in the Belgian service, the latter bestowed upon them by King Albert himself.
From The Boy Allies in the Balkan Campaign Or, the Struggle to Save a Nation by Clair W. (Clair Wallace) Hayes
