Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The rank or estate of a grandee.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The rank or estate of a grandee; lordship.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun The rank or estate of a
grandee ;lordship .
Etymologies
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Examples
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Charles the Fifth conferred the privileges of grandeeship on sixteen principal noblemen.
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Thus Prim calls himself almost invariably the Conde de Reus, though his grandeeship came with his investiture as marquis.
Castilian Days John Hay 1870
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Nevertheless, as the grandeeship was refused, it is not recorded that he was displeased with the principality.
PG Edition of Netherlands series — Complete John Lothrop Motley 1845
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Nevertheless, as the grandeeship was refused, it is not recorded that he was displeased with the principality.
History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce — Complete (1584-1609) John Lothrop Motley 1845
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Nevertheless, as the grandeeship was refused, it is not recorded that he was displeased with the principality.
History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce — Complete (1600-1609) John Lothrop Motley 1845
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Nevertheless, as the grandeeship was refused, it is not recorded that he was displeased with the principality.
History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce, 1604-05 John Lothrop Motley 1845
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The one was M. d*£staing, who was desirous of repaying, by proofs of zeal towards Spain, the grandeeship with which she had invested him.
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