Definition/Meaning of captaincy

• English - Noun: captaincy ( plural captaincies ) The rank or status of a captain . The jurisdiction of a captain .
• English - Quotations: 1828 Juan van Halen - Narrative of Don Juan Van Halen's Imprisonment in the Dungeons of the Inquistion at Madrid He obtains a captaincy in the Catalonian army 1859 Garcilaso de la Vega , Christóbel de Acuña, Clements Robert Markham - Expeditions Into the Valley of the Amazons The territory bathed by this river belongs to the captaincy of Benito Maciel the father .