colonelcies

Such 'colonelcies' do not imply the actual command of men, but are honorary distinctions of which even kings and conquerors are proud.

The Great Fortress : A chronicle of Louisbourg 1720-1760 William Charles Henry Wood 1905

Sometimes she is accompanied by one or another of the emperor's sisters, or else by the handsome young Grand Duchess of Hesse, all of whom hold honorary colonelcies, and who appear on such occasions on horseback and in uniform.

The Secret Memoirs of the Courts of Europe Fontenoy, Mme La Marquise De 1900

He moved large reductions in the salaries of the commander-in-chief and the military secretary, in respect of their holding incomes from colonelcies, and repeated his motion in 1871.

Western Worthies A Gallery of Biographical and Critical Sketches of West of Scotland Celebrities 1879

In 1871 he was selected to second Mr. Trevelyan's motion on army reform, and in speaking on that occasion he again attacked the sinecure colonelcies and other abuses in the administration of the army.

Western Worthies A Gallery of Biographical and Critical Sketches of West of Scotland Celebrities 1879

Napier; and two Knight Commanderships and 27 Companionships of the same order were bestowed on other officers; while 15 colonelcies, 18

Our Soldiers Gallant Deeds of the British Army during Victoria's Reign William Henry Giles Kingston 1847

To Sir James Saumarez, &c. &c. &c. The 14th of February, being the anniversary of the glorious victory obtained over the Spanish fleet, was selected for a promotion of flag-officers; and on this occasion his Majesty was pleased to confer on Sir James Saumarez one of the colonelcies of Marines as a reward for his many and meritorious services.

Memoirs and Correspondence of Admiral Lord de Saumarez, Vol. I John Ross 1816

Numberless commissions to colonelcies and inferior commands, the regal pomp of the commander-in-chief, immoderate largesses to his favourites, (for he never gave less than a thousand florins,) enormous sums lavished in corrupting the court at Vienna -- all this had been effected without burdening the Emperor.

The Thirty Years War — Complete Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller 1782

Numberless commissions to colonelcies and inferior commands, the regal pomp of the commander-in-chief, immoderate largesses to his favourites, (for he never gave less than a thousand florins,) enormous sums lavished in corrupting the court at Vienna -- all this had been effected without burdening the Emperor.

The Thirty Years War — Volume 02 Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller 1782

Numberless commissions to colonelcies and inferior commands, the regal pomp of the commander-in-chief, immoderate largesses to his favourites, (for he never gave less than a thousand florins,) enormous sums lavished in corrupting the court at Vienna -- all this had been effected without burdening the Emperor.

The Works of Frederich Schiller Johann Christoph Friedrich von Schiller 1782

It is sometimes thrown at us Americans that we love a title, and that we are not averse to the ornamentation of our names with pseudo and attenuated "Honorables" and "Colonels" and "Judge" and so on; and I am bound to admit the impeachment, for I blush at some of my be-colonelled and becaptained friends, and wonder at their rejoicing over such effeminate honorifics, especially those colonelcies born of clattering behind a civilian governor, on a badly ridden horse, a title which may be compared with that most attenuated title of all, that of a Texan, who when asked why he was called "colonel" replied, that he had married the widow of a colonel!

Germany and the Germans From an American Point of View Price Collier 1886