lieutenancyn.
/lɛfˈtɛnənsi/, U.S. /luˈtɛnənsi/ The office of a lieutenant.† 1. Delegated authority or command. Obsolete.† 4. The district or province governed by a lieutenant. Obsolete.
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society > authority > delegated authority > [noun]
powerc1300
bailliec1305
commission1344
empery?c1400
authorityc1405
lieutenance1524
subcommission1617
by-authority1622
lieutenancya1631
empowerment1651
attribution1796
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1959) V. 225 He that resists his [sc. God's] Commission, his Lieutenancy, his Authority, in Law-makers appointed by him, resists himself.
2. The office of a lieutenant, in various senses; e.g. that of deputy governor of a kingdom, etc., of Lord Lieutenant n. of a county; also, the commission of lieutenant in the army or navy.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > [noun] > deputy governor > position of
lieutenancy1450
lieutenantship1467
locumtenentry1544
lieutenantry1604
lieutenant-governorship1745
lieutenant-governancy1784
vice-governorship1876
society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer by rank > [noun] > lieutenant > position of
lieutenancy1450
lieutenantship1467
locumtenentry1544
lieutenantry1604
society > armed hostility > hostilities at sea > seafaring warrior or naval man > leader or commander > [noun] > naval officer > lieutenant > office of
lieutenancy1450
lieutenantship1467
locumtenentry1544
lieutenantry1604
1450 Rolls of Parl. V. 186/2 Graunte to hym made, of eny Revenuez..for his seid Lieutenauncie there.
1675 J. Ogilby Britannia Introd. 3 The Regiments..upon a Commission of Lieutenancy..were settled.
1703 London Gaz. No. 3886/4 The Earl of Rochester having desired to be discharged from the Lieutenancy of Ireland.
1711 J. Swift Jrnl. to Stella 4 Apr. (1948) I. 231 Her husband bought a lieutenancy of foot, and is gone to Portugal.
1712 J. Swift Let. to Whig Lord 12 All your Lordship can hope for, is only the Lieutenancy of a County.
1799 G. Washington Let. in Writings (1893) XIV. 177 A lieutenancy was considered a handsome appointment for him.
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth i, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. II. 20 When I was intrusted with the lieutenancy of the kingdom.
1841 J. T. J. Hewlett Parish Clerk III. 7 The appointment to a coast~guard lieutenancy.
1849 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. II. ix. 423 The Earl of Abingdon..had recently been turned out of the lieutenancy of the county.
1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. III. xviii. 140 Edmund Beaufort was ordered to undertake the lieutenancy in France and Normandy.
3. The term of a lieutenant's office.
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society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > deputy or representative of person in authority > term of
lieutenancy1632
society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > [noun] > deputy governor > position of > term of
lieutenancy1632
1632 R. Le Grys tr. Velleius Paterculus Romane Hist. 109 In his Lievetenancie under Marius in France..hee [Sylla] had routed some of the most esteemed Captaines.
1673 in O. Airy Essex Papers (1890) I. 108 In ye time of my Lord Berkeley's Lieutenancy.
1842 T. De Quincey Cicero in Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. July 19/2 The prolongation of these lieutenantcies beyond the legitimate year, was one source of enormous evil.
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society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > territory under a governor or official > [noun] > under a lieutenant
lieutenancy1588
lieutenantry1604
1588 Queen Elizabeth I in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. III. 138 The preparinge of our Subjectes within your Lievetennauncies to be in readines for defence againste any attempte.
1687 in J. A. Picton City of Liverpool: Select. Munic. Rec. (1883) I. 258 The list of Deputie Lievetenants..throughout the said Lievetanancie.
1726 G. Shelvocke Voy. round World vii. 266 I mention'd the surprisal of that place [sc. Iquique], it being but a small Lieutenancy.
5.
a. The body of deputy-lieutenants in a county. Also, in the city of London, the body of commissioners (sometimes incorrectly called ‘deputy-lieutenants’), now usually appointed annually, who perform the duties of a Lord-lieutenant with regard to the militia and volunteers.
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society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > chief magistrate of a district > [noun] > Lord Lieutenant of a county > body of deputy lieutenants
lieutenancy1679
1679 in Proceed. Guildhall Sept. 13th 3 He would cause the Lieutenancy to meet on Thursday next.
1683 in London Gaz. No. 1859/1 The late Addresses from the Lieutenancy, Grand-Juries, and Corporations in our County.
1699 A. Boyer Royal Dict. (at cited word) The Lieutenancy of London, (the Officers of the Artillery-Men).
1708 Q. Anne in London Gaz. No. 4496/1 I Thank the Lieutenancy for their Address.
1715 H. Felton Diss. reading Classics (ed. 2) 136 The List of Undisputed Masters is hardly so long as the List of the Court of Aldermen and Lieutenancy of our famous Metropolis.
1873 Act 36 & 37 Victoria c. 84 §2 The commissioners of lieutenancy of the city of London.
b. plural. The bodies of troops under the command of the Lord-lieutenants and commissioners of lieutenancy.
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society > armed hostility > armed forces > the Army > unit of army > [noun] > body under one commander > specific
corporalate1590
corporalship1591
marshalcy1691
lieutenancies1709
maréchaussée1775
fire command1894
1709 R. Steele Tatler No. 28. ⁋5 Our Militia and Lieutenancies, the most ancient Corps of Soldiers, perhaps in the Universe.
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