lieutenantry

English

Etymology

lieutenant +‎ -ry

Noun

lieutenantry (uncountable)

(obsolete) lieutenancy
- c. 1603–1604, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358, [Act II, scene i]:
  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, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

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