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castellanies

castellanies is the plural of castellany.

Meaning of castellany

Noun

castellany (plural castellanies)

  1. (historical) The office of a castellan, the lordship of a castle.
    • The complaints and remonstrances of the Communes were loud and indignant, and they demanded the restitution of the castellanies of Lille and Douai, which had been wrested from them by force and treachery.1848 September, “Jacques van Artevelde (commonly called "the brewer of Ghent.")”, in The Gentleman's Magazine, page 250
  2. (historical) The jurisdiction of a castellan, the district controled by a castle.
    • Inhabitants of the castellany of Bytom were classified according to status, ethnicity, and implicitly geographic mobility and recent resettlement.2008, Piotr Gorecki, Parishes, Tithes, and Society in Earlier Medieval Poland C. 1100-C. 1250, page 99
    Synonyms:
    castellate, castlery

Questions about castellanies

What is castellanies the plural of?
Castellanies is the plural of castellany.

Words near castellanies in the dictionary

  1. castella
  2. castellan
  3. Castellaneta
  4. Castellanetas
  5. castellani
  6. castellanies
  7. Castellanis
  8. castellano
  9. castellanos
  10. Castellanoses
  11. castellans

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