veterancyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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veterancy (uncountable)

1. The quality of being (a) veteran. [18th c.]

   Synonyms: veterandom, veteranhood, veteranness

   • 1755, Jean Baptiste Louis Crevier, The History of the Roman Emperors from Augustus to Constantine‎, volume II, London, page 81:

     He alſo laid hold of this opportunity, to aboliſh the indulgence of Veterancy at ſixteen years, which had been extorted by the ſeditious in Germany and Pannonia; and he reſtored the ordinances that made twenty years ſervice the condition of that privilege; proteſting, that otherwiſe the ſtate could not ſupport the expence of the armies it kept on foot.