donatary captaincy
donatary captaincy noun: a hereditary land grant in colonial Brazil, held by a donatary captain.
Noun
donatary captaincy (plural donatary captaincies)
- A hereditary land grant in colonial Brazil, held by a donatary captain.
- The main feature was the hereditary seigneury or donatary captaincy, under which lordship over extensive territories on the Brazilian coast was granted out between 1533 and 1535.1983, James Lockhart, Stuart B. Schwartz, Early Latin America
- Pernambuco proved to be the most successful of the donatary captaincies established in Brazil, largely owing to the donatary Duarte Coelho.1994, Otto Solbrig, Dorothy J. Solbrig, So Shall You Reap: Farming And Crops In Human Affairs, page 155
Forms of donatary captaincy
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Questions about donatary captaincy
- What does donatary captaincy mean?
- Donatary captaincy means a hereditary land grant in colonial Brazil, held by a donatary captain.
- What part of speech is donatary captaincy?
- Donatary captaincy is a noun.
- What is the plural of donatary captaincy?
- The plural of donatary captaincy is donatary captaincies.
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