Definition of Colonelcy. Meaning of Colonelcy. Synonyms of Colonelcy

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Definition of Colonelcy

Colonelcy
Colonelcy Colo"nel*cy, n. (Mil.) The office, rank, or commission of a colonel.

Meaning of Colonelcy from wikipedia

- Colonel (UK: /ˈkɜːnəl/, US: /ˈkɜːrnəl/, abbreviated as Col., Col, or COL) is a senior military officer rank used in many countries. It is also used in...
- honor bestowed by the Commonwealth of Kentucky. It is the most well known colonelcy in the United States. A Kentucky Colonel Commission (the certificate)...
- century most British regiments were commonly known by the name of the colonelcy, for example Lord Churchill's Dragoons (1683–1685) or Elliot's Light Horse...
- travelers and visitors within their states. The origins of the titular colonelcy can be traced back to colonial and antebellum times when men of the landed...
- Commonwealth of Kentucky. Kentucky Colonel, Kentucky Colonels, or Kentucky Colonelcy may also refer to: Kentucky colonel organizations, charitable or fraternal...
- Patricia Edwina Victoria Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma, Baroness Brabourne, CBE, , MSC, CD (née Mountbatten; 14 February 1924 – 13 June...
- his full support to the Hanoverian succession. He was rewarded with the colonelcy of the Royal Horse Guards in June 1715. During the Jacobite Rebellion...
- Brevet Lieutenant-Colonel Benjamin Forsyth (c. 1760 – June 28, 1814) served as a United States Army officer during the War of 1812. Born in North Carolina...
- Thus it was possible for a regimental major to hold a brevet lieutenant-colonelcy with seniority over the commission of his own commanding officer as lieutenant-colonel...
- Indian Army's honorary rank of Colonel from the date of his Lieutenant Colonelcy with British Army. This unfair system preserved the fictional equivalency...