Castellany
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Castellany is a noun meaning (historical) The office of a castellan, the lordship of a castle.
Meaning
(historical) The office of a castellan, the lordship of a castle.
More Meanings
- (historical) The jurisdiction of a castellan, the district controled by a castle.
Example Sentences
Inhabitants of the castellany of Bytom were classified according to status, ethnicity, and implicitly geographic mobility and recent resettlement.
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.
Yet the consellers main concern was not this, so much as the fact that a number of Manresan citizens held certain '''franquitates, which included feudal dues, rents, or lands held in allod, within the disputed ''castellanies.
Word Forms
- castellanies
Synonyms for castellany
Depending on context, synonyms include castellate, castlery.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include castellanship, castellan, castlery, chatelain, bailiff, constable.
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