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chatellany

chatellany is the archaic form 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

Forms of chatellany

pluralchatellanies

Origin of chatellany

From French châtellenie, from Old French chastelenie, from chastelain + -ie, from Latin castellānus, from castellum + -ānus, from castrum (“fort”) + -lum (diminutive suffix). Doublet of castellany.

Questions about chatellany

What is chatellany the archaic form of?
Chatellany is the archaic form of castellany.

Words near chatellany in the dictionary

  1. chatelaines
  2. chatelains
  3. chatelet
  4. chatelets
  5. chatellanies
  6. chatellany
  7. Chater
  8. chates
  9. chatfest
  10. chatfests
  11. Chatfield

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