† lieuˈtenantry Obs.
Also 7 lieutennendrie, lieutenandry.
[f. lieutenant + -ry.]
= lieutenancy in various senses.
| 1604 in Reg. Priv. Counc. Scotl. VII. 19 To command and chairge all..leigis and subjectis within the bounds of the said lieutennendrie to rise. 1604 Shakes. Oth. ii. i. 173 If such tricks as these strip you out of your Lieutenantrie. 1606 ― Ant. & Cl. iii. xi. 39 He alone Dealt on Lieutenantry, and no practise had In the braue squares of Warre. a 1639 Spottiswood Hist. Ch. Scot. vi. (1677) 286 A Commission of Lieutenandry was given to the Earl of Angus for convocating the subjects and pursuing the Rebels. 1676 W. Row Suppl. Blair's Autobiog. xii. (1848) 461 He is discharged of his lieutenantry over the forces in Scotland. |