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Lieutenancy

noun
1.
The position of a lieutenant.





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"Lieutenancy" Quotes from Famous Books



... D'Herouville accepted the courtesy of the governor and became a resident of the chateau; father Chaumonot, Major du Puys, and his selected recruits, had already made off for Onondaga. A word from Father Chaumonot into the governor's ear promoted the Chevalier to a lieutenancy in lieu of Nicot's absence in Onondaga. ...
— The Grey Cloak • Harold MacGrath
... soldiers. 'Aha! sirs, six of his Eminence's guards arrest six of the King's! Morbleu! I have made up my mind what to do. I will go at once to the Louvre, resign my post as captain of mousquetaires, and solicit a lieutenancy in the Cardinal's guards; and if I am refused, ...
— Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 57, No. 351, January 1845 • Various


Words linked to "Lieutenancy" :   berth, post, office, spot, situation, position, place, billet, lieutenant


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