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English
Etymology
From lieutenant + -ry.
Noun
lieutenantry (uncountable)
- (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 Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, :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.