Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
stewardry . - noun In Scotland, a jurisdiction over a certain extent of territory, very similar to that of a regality; also, the territory over which this jurisdiction extends.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun rare An overseer or superintendent.
- noun rare The office of a steward; stewardship.
- noun In Scotland, the jurisdiction of a steward; also, the lands under such jurisdiction.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun An
overseer orsuperintendent . - noun The role or office of a
steward ;stewardship . - noun Scotland The
jurisdiction of a steward, or thelands under such jurisdiction.
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Examples
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Scots — neither county nor stewartry, as we say — they are dispersed like so much quicksilver.
Redgauntlet 2008
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His father George Duncan, was minister of Lochrutton in the stewartry of Kircudbright, and the subject of this memoir was born in the manse of that parish, on the 8th October 1774.
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Various
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Harley, a lady of good connexions and of elegant personal accomplishments, and with the view of acquiring a more decided independence in his new condition, took in lease the farm of Culfaud, in the stewartry of Kirkcudbright.
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Various
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Samuel Brown, minister of Kirkmabreck, in the stewartry of
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Various
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After a probation of three years, he was ordained to the ministerial charge of Urr, a country parish in the stewartry.
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Various
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JAMES MUIRHEAD. D.D. James Muirhead was born in 1742, in the parish of Buittle, and stewartry of Kirkcudbright.
The Modern Scottish Minstrel, Volume II. The Songs of Scotland of the past half century Various
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John Kennedy's parents were respectable peasants, possessed of a little bit of ground at Knocknalling, in the stewartry of Kirkcudbright, on which they contrived to live, and that was all.
Industrial Biography Smiles, Samuel, 1812-1904 1863
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John Kennedy's parents were respectable peasants, possessed of a little bit of ground at Knocknalling, in the stewartry of
Industrial Biography, Iron Workers and Tool Makers Samuel Smiles 1858
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I have received the following anecdote from a friend, on whose veracity I can depend: -- In the year 1816, a greyhound bitch in pup was sent from the neighbourhood of Edinburgh by a carrier, _viâ_ Dumfries, to the neighbourhood of Castle Douglas, in the stewartry of
Anecdotes of Dogs Edward Jesse 1824
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-- Lord help ye! they are a kind of amphibious deevils, neither land nor water beasts neither English nor Scots -- neither county nor stewartry, as we say -- they are dispersed like so much quicksilver.
Redgauntlet Walter Scott 1801
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