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Definition of Lieutenancies
1. lieutenancy [n] - See also: lieutenancy
Lexicographical Neighbors of Lieutenancies
Literary usage of Lieutenancies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Appletons' Annual Cyclopædia and Register of Important Events of the Year (1886)
"1885, all the lieutenancies and one balf of the captaincies were filled by
Bulgarians, 420 in number, the remaining captaincies and the higher commands in ..."
2. The Ellis Correspondence: Letters Written During the Years 1686, 1687, 1688 by John Ellis (1829)
"Changes in the lieutenancies of Counties.—Oates in the pillory. Whitehall, 13th
August, 1687. DEAR SIR, THE Earl of Huntingdon* is made Lord Lieutenant of ..."
3. The Ellis Correspondence: Letters Written During the Years 1686, 1687, 1688 by John Ellis (1829)
"Changes in the lieutenancies of Counties.—Dates in the pillory. Whitehall, 13th
August, 1687. DEAR SIR, THE Earl of Huntingdon* is made Lord Lieutenant of ..."
4. The Yorkshire Archaeological Journal by Yorkshire Archaeological Society (1879)
"That the Lords-Lieutenant of the County of York, doe call before them all the
Deputy-Lieutenants and Justices of the Peace within their lieutenancies, ..."
5. Penal Laws and Test Act: Questions Touching Their Repeal Propounded in 1687 edited by George Floyd Duckett (1883)
"That the Lords-Lieutenant doe call before them all the Deputy- Lieutenants and
Justices of the Peace within their lieutenancies, ..."
6. The Naval and Military Magazine (1828)
"But now these lieutenancies are provided for as above, and young gentlemen who
have hardly done a day's duty as Ensigns, and purchased unattached ..."
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