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 professor relied upon the school-children for chorus material, and upon the Madigans to fill those lieutenancies without which the spectacular features of his production must be a failure—this last as a matter of course.
From The Madigans by Orson Lowell
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
The commissioning of this large number of colored men even to lieutenancies was, without doubt, a distinct step in advance; it was an entering wedge.
From The Colored Regulars in the United States Army by T. G. (Theophilus Gould) Steward
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
Through gallant service Frank and Jack had won their lieutenancies.
From The Boy Allies at Jutland by Clair W. (Clair Wallace) Hayes
