Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

castellany

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: castel-lany
IPA

15

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The office of a castellan, the lordship of a castle.

noun

The jurisdiction of a castellan, the district controled by a castle.

Example Sentences

"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."
"Inhabitants of the castellany of Bytom were classified according to status, ethnicity, and implicitly geographic mobility and recent resettlement."

Etymology

From Medieval Latin castellania, from Latin castellānus. Doublet of chatellany.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: castellania, castellānus

Inflected Forms

castellanies (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

castellan

Synonyms

castellate castlery

Questions

What does castellany mean?: The office of a castellan, the lordship of a castle.
Where does castellany come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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