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  • noun Plural form of castellany.

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Examples

  • And I command that this sentence be proclaimed by means of the four legally appointed trumpeters at the seven castellanies of the jurisdiction of Paris.

    I. An Impartial Glance at the Ancient Magistracy. Book VI 1917

  • Philip Augustus acquired for the French crown Norman Vexin and the castellanies of Nonancourt, Ivry, Pacy, Vernon, and Gaillon.

    The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913

  • But look, there's a long list of castellanies and forests, salt mines and farm lands, "said Durtal, spreading out a great sheet of paper on which he had copied the account of the purchases and sales.

    Là-bas Keene [Translator] Wallace 1877

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