[ad. med.L. (Pr., It., Sp.) castellania, f. castellān-us: see above. (In mod.F. châtellenie.)] The office or jurisdiction of a castellan; the lordship of a castle, or the district belonging to a castle.
[1357. in Sir T. D. Hardy, Syllab. Rymer’s Fœdera, I. 392. The castelanny of Reule shall be committed only to Englishmen.]
1675. H. Nevile, trans. Machiavelli’s Disc., I. lv. 325. The are most dangerous, who, besides their great revenues, have their Castellanies, their Jurisdictions, and their Vassels, which pay them fealty and homage.
1696. Phillips, Castellany, the Lordship of a Castle, and the extent of his Land and Jurisdiction.
1756. Nugent, Gr. Tour, Netherl., I. 292. The country round about Ipres, called the castellany, or castleward, and containing about thirty villages, depends upon the government of the town.
1788. R. Kelham, Domesday Bk., 147 (T.). Earl Allan has within his Castellany, or the jurisdiction of his castle (i. e. Richmond), 200 manors, all but one.
1849. trans. V. Hugo’s Hunchback, 162. The seven castellanies of the viscounty of Paris.
