colonelcy

[ kur-nl-see ]

/ ˈkɜr nl si /

the rank, position, or status of a colonel.

Origin of colonelcy

First recorded in 1790–1800; colonel + -cy

Here he greatly distinguished himself, and was promoted to a colonelcy.

The Lion of the North |G.A. Henty
During the advance on Corinth a vacancy occurred in the colonelcy of the 2d Michigan cavalry.

Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant, Complete |Ulysses S. Grant
"They have offered me a colonelcy, if I take my men down into Arkansas," answered Porter.

The Courier of the Ozarks |Byron A. Dunn
He graduated to the Colonelcy while in the service, and was brevetted as Brigadier General on his return home.

Thirty Years in the Itinerancy |Wesson Gage Miller

The fat Eugne had come partly to be near his sister in her mother's absence, and partly to receive his colonelcy.

Napoleon's Letters to Josephine |Henry Foljambe Hall