stewarty Sc.
(ˈstjuːətɪ)
Also 8 stuarty.
[f. stewart, steward n. + -y.]
= stewartry.
Chiefly used by English writers, though one or two Scottish examples are found.
| 1610 Holland Camden's Brit. ii. 6 Counties which they cal Shiriffdomes, Seneschalsies commonly Stewarties and Bailiwickes. 1708 Lond. Gaz. No. 4473/1 The Head Burghs of the several Shires and Stuarties in Scotland. 1747 Gentl. Mag. XVII. 556 These jurisdictions are either regalities, justiciaries, sheriffalties, stewarties, bailliaries. 1752 J. Louthian Form of Process (ed. 2) 171 The Sheriffs or Stewarts of the Shires or Stewarties. 1796 Morse Amer. Geog. II. 97 Caithness, and the two stewarties. |