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Vinony

captaincy

noun

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Wiktionary

noun

Etymology: From captain + -cy. Piecewise doublet of chieftaincy.

  1. The rank or status of a captain.
  2. The jurisdiction of a captain.
  3. An administrative division of the former Spanish and Portuguese colonial empires.

    “He obtains a captaincy in the Catalonian army”

    “The territory bathed by this river belongs to the captaincy of Benito Maciel the father.”