donatary captaincy
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
30
Scrabble Score
17
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A hereditary land grant in colonial Brazil, held by a donatary captain.
Example Sentences
- "The main feature was the hereditary seigneury or donatary captaincy, under which lordship over extensive territories on the Brazilian coast was granted out between 1533 and 1535."
- "Pernambuco proved to be the most successful of the donatary captaincies established in Brazil, largely owing to the donatary Duarte Coelho."
- "Donatary captaincies were the political, territorial, and administrative units of colonial Brazil."