castellany
(ˈkɑːstələnɪ, ˈkæst-)
[ad. med.L. (Pr., It., Sp.) castellania, f. castellān-us: see above. (In mod.F. châtellenie.)]
The office or jurisdiction of a castellan; the lordship of a castle, or the district belonging to a castle.
| [1357 in Sir T. D. Hardy Syllab. Rymer's Fœdera I. 392 The castelanny of Reule shall be committed only to Englishmen.] 1696 Phillips, Castellany, the Lordship of a Castle, and the extent of his Land and Jurisdiction. 1756 Nugent Gr. Tour, Netherl. I. 292 The country round about Ipres, called the castellany, or castleward, and containing about thirty villages, depends upon the government of the town. 1788 R. Kelham Domesday Bk. 147 (T.) Earl Allan has within his castellany..200 manors. 1849 tr. V. Hugo's Hunchback 162 The seven castellanies of the viscounty of Paris. |