lieutenancy
Americannoun
plural
lieutenancies-
the office, authority, incumbency, or jurisdiction of a lieutenant.
-
lieutenants collectively.
Etymology
Origin of lieutenancy
First recorded in 1400–50, lieutenancy is from the late Middle English word lieutenauncie. See lieutenant, -ancy
Example Sentences
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A tightlipped, light-skinned man, he left Howard University for a temporary first lieutenancy during the Spanish-American War.
From Time Magazine Archive
On second thought, he decided to become a diplomat; and, after having risen to the heights of a first lieutenancy, he left the Army shortly before breaking into the third decade of his life.
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
R.O.T.C. led him to a lieutenancy in the Army, and as part of a wartime antiaircraft unit he followed the sweep from Normandy to Germany.
From Time Magazine Archive
He received a lieutenancy before the company entered its first engagement even.
From "Absalom, Absalom!" by William Faulkner
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