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adjutancy|ˈædʒ(j)ʊtənsɪ|
[f. adjutant; as if ad. L. *adjutantia: see -ncy.]
1. The office or rank of an adjutant.
1775R. Alden in H. P. Johnston Nathan Hale (1901) 157, I would accept of a lieutenancy but should prefer an adjutancy. 1796Jane Austen Let. 9 Jan. (1952) 3 He has got a scheme..about getting a lieutenancy and adjutancy in the 86th. 1820Outram in Goldsmid Life I. 27 An adjutancy is thought by the generality of people to be a very arduous and responsible situation. 1880Athenæum 24 July 103/1 Having apparently retained the acting adjutancy up to that time.
2. fig. Official order.
1791Burke Appeal to Old Whigs Wks. 1842 I. 527 It was, no doubt, disposed with all the adjutancy of definition and division. |