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The position of a lieutenant
Answer for the clue "The position of a lieutenant ", 11 letters:
lieutenancy
Word definitions for lieutenancy in dictionaries
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-15c., from lieutenant + -cy .
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Lieutenancy \Lieu*ten"an*cy\ (l[-u]*t[e^]n"an*s[y^]; 277), n. The office, rank, or commission, of a lieutenant. The body of lieutenants or subordinates. [Obs.] The list of the lieutenancy of our metropolis. --Felton.
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. the role, duty or position of being a lieutenant
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. the position of a lieutenant
Usage examples of lieutenancy.
It was written in the book of fate that I should return to Venice a simple ensign as when I left: the general did not keep his word, and the bastard son of a nobleman was promoted to the lieutenancy instead of myself.
Addresses were presented to the queen by the Cornish tinners, by the lieutenancy of Middlesex, and by the mayor, aldermen, and lieutenancy of London, filled with professions of loyalty and promises of supporting their majesties as their lawful sovereigns, against all opposition.
For instance, a lieutenancy would cost you five thousand credits even with my influence behind you.
Andre Dolfin, the proveditore-generale, who promised me again that I should soon be promoted to a lieutenancy.
That in no less a Station than the Lieutenancy of a Province, he cou'd pick out such a Son-in-Law.
Through the lieutenancies he rises to the colonelcy, or superintendent's position, by appointment from above, strictly limited to the candidates of the best records.
I set out with a Pole and a Tyrolese, and on arrival was given a subdeaconship and a lieutenancy.