Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The jurisdiction of a castellan; the lordship belonging to a castle, or the extent of its land and jurisdiction. Also called
chatellany .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The lordship of a castle; the extent of land and jurisdiction appertaining to a castle.
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- noun The
lordship of acastle ; the extent ofland andjurisdiction appertaining to a castle.
Etymologies
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Examples
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My castellany of Poissy has not brought me in a sou this year.
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Bishop Laurence of Breslau followed his example in the district under the control of his see, the castellany of Ottmachau.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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Pantagruel, being pleased with him, gave him the castellany of Salmigondin, which was yearly worth
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 07 — Fiction Various 1910
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The new castellan conducted himself so well and prudently than in less than fourteen days he wasted all the revenue of his castellany for three whole years.
The World's Greatest Books — Volume 07 — Fiction Various 1910
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Beaumanoir in the thirteenth century laments the fact that every castellany in France had a differing law of its own, and Glanville still earlier makes a similar complaint of England.
The History of England from the Norman Conquest to the Death of John (1066-1216) George Burton Adams 1888
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Henry VI, Antoine de Vergy, Governor of Champagne, received a commission to furnish forth a thousand men-at-arms for the purpose of bringing the castellany of Vaucouleurs into subjection to the English.
The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 Anatole France 1884
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To avenge this offence the Duke of Burgundy declared war on the Captain of Vaucouleurs, and the castellany was ravaged by bands of
The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 Anatole France 1884
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Meuse and some thirty homesteads, belonged to the lords of Bourlémont and was in the domain of the castellany of Grondrecourt, held in fief from the crown of France.
The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 Anatole France 1884
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Lying at the extreme south of the castellany of Vaucouleurs, the village of Domremy was between Bar and Champagne on the east, and
The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 Anatole France 1884
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Unfortunately for the labourers of the castellany of
The Life of Joan of Arc, Vol. 1 and 2 Anatole France 1884
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