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castellany
English
Etymology
From Medieval Latin castellania, from Latin castell?nus.
Noun
castellany (plural castellanies)
- (historical) The office of a castellan, the lordship of a castle.
- (historical) The jurisdiction of a castellan, the district controled by a castle.
Synonyms
- (District of castle): castellate
Related terms
- castellan
Translations
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castellan
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Old French castelain (compare modern châtelain), from Latin castellanus (“pertaining to a castle, an occupant of a castle, or a governor of a castle”), from castellum castle, citadel, diminutive of castrum fortified place. See castle and compare chatelaine.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?kæst?n/
Noun
castellan (plural castellans)
- The governor or caretaker of a castle or keep.
- 1851, Luther Calvin Saxton, Fall of Poland, Volume 2, Charles Scribner, page 442,
- The inferior secular senators are ninety-two, containing the ten crown-officers, and eighty-two castellans. The latter are again divided into thirty-three great castellans, and forty-nine little castellans.
- 2003, Benno Teschke, The Myth of 1648: Class, Geopolitics, and the Making of Modern International Relations, Verso, page 86,
- Castellans, often exercising control over a few villages and half a dozen small lordships, transformed their banal lordships into quasi-sovereign mini-states, independent of royal or comital sanction or control.
- 2015, Christine Shaw, Barons and Castellans: The Military Nobility of Renaissance Italy, Koninklijke Brill, page 47,
- The wave of attacks on the castellans in 1511 followed faction-fighting in Udine, in which castellans and their families were massacred by supporters of the Savorgnan.
- 1851, Luther Calvin Saxton, Fall of Poland, Volume 2, Charles Scribner, page 442,
Related terms
- castellany
- castellate
Translations
Romansch
Alternative forms
- (Rumantsch Grischun) chastellan
- (Sutsilvan) castelàn
- (Puter) chastlaun
- (Vallader) chastlan
Etymology
From Latin castell?nus.
Noun
castellan m (plural castellans)
- (Sursilvan, Surmiran) steward, governor, overseer, sheriff, bailiff, administrator
Usage notes
In a feudal, mediaeval context, this term refers to a local representative of the ruler, who ruled from a fortified castle on his ruler's behalf.
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