lieutenancy

American  

[loo-ten-uhn-see] / luˈtɛn ən si /

noun

plural

lieutenancies

1. the office, authority, incumbency, or jurisdiction of a lieutenant.

2. lieutenants collectively.

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Etymology

Origin of lieutenancy

First recorded in 1400–50, lieutenancy is from the late Middle English word lieutenauncie. See lieutenant, -ancy

Example Sentences

The 42 service years that elevated George C. Marshall from a lieutenancy to the most responsible generalship of modern history are as dependable, as unadventurous and as sound as the man.

From Time Magazine Archive

Bendetsen, with a Stanford law degree, a reserve lieutenancy and an interest in radio and aviation, was practicing law in his Aberdeen, Wash, hometown in 1939 when the Judge Advocate General's Department called him.

From Time Magazine Archive

When the U. S. entered the War he chose to quit college for the Navy in which he attained a senior lieutenancy at 21.

From Time Magazine Archive

He won the competitive examination for a second lieutenancy and was commissioned the year after his old West Point classmates.

From Time Magazine Archive

He received a lieutenancy before the company entered its first engagement even.

From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner