lieutenantry

English

Etymology

From lieutenant +‎ -ry.

Noun

lieutenantry (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) lieutenancy
   • c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene i]:

     You say true; 'tis so, indeed: if such tricks as
     these strip you out of your lieutenantry

References

“lieutenantry”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.