lieutenancy

[ loo-ten-uh n-see ]

/ luˈtɛn ən si /

the office, authority, incumbency, or jurisdiction of a lieutenant.

lieutenants collectively.

Origin of lieutenancy

First recorded in 1400–50, lieutenancy is from the late Middle English word lieutenauncie. See lieutenant, -ancy

At Antietam, the bloodiest battle of the war, McKinley's gallantry was so conspicuous that he was promoted to a lieutenancy.

The Greater Republic |Charles Morris
Every public office, every bench of justice, every commission of Lieutenancy, was filled with Roundheads.

The History of England from the Accession of James II. |Thomas Babington Macaulay
Nevertheless, you'll come out an ensign of the line, and I can buy your lieutenancy in a guard regiment within the month.

The Genius |Margaret Horton Potter
They did so, and secured each a lieutenancy in an artillery regiment.

The Boy Life of Napoleon |Eugenie Foa

He was arrogant and tyrannical, not criminal, as the circumstances of the loss of his Lieutenancy show.

Sir Walter Ralegh |William Stebbing