LIEUTENANCY


Meaning of LIEUTENANCY in English

/looh ten"euhn see/ , n. , pl. lieutenancies .

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

2. lieutenants collectively.

[ 1400-50; late ME lieutenauncie. See LIEUTENANT, -ANCY ]

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