Obs. Also 6 capitanry, -ery. [ad. F. capitainerie, in med.L. capitaneria (Matt. Paris): see CAPTAIN sb. and -RY.]

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  The office of captain, captaincy; a district under a captain.

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1536.  Bellenden, Cron. Scot., I. 276. The king of Pichtis … promittit … to geif the capitanry of Camelon to him.

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c. 1565.  Lindesay (Pitscottie), Chron. Scot. (1728), 51. Under the Captainry and Government of James Hamilton.

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1577.  Holinshed, Chron. Irel., an. 1568 (1586), 120/2 (R.). Fearing that their capteinries should be taken awaie.

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1762.  trans. Busching’s Syst. Geog., III. 240. The capitanery of Luggarus.

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1796.  Morse, Amer. Geog., I. 749. The 16 captainries, into which this country is divided.

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