captainship, captaincy
(noun) the post of captain
Source: WordNet® 3.1
captaincy (countable and uncountable, plural captaincies)
The rank or status of a captain.
The jurisdiction of a captain.
(historical) An administrative division of the former Spanish and Portuguese colonial empires.
Source: Wiktionary
Cap"tain*cy, n.; pl. Captaincies (.
Definition: The rank, post, or commission of a captain. Washington. Captaincy general, the office, power, teritory, or jurisdiction of a captain general; as, the captaincy general of La Habana (Cuba and its islands).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
According to Guinness World Records, the most massive cup of coffee contained 22,739.14 liters and was created by AlcaldĂa Municipal de Chinchiná (Colombia) at Parque de BolĂvar, Chinchiná, Caldas, Colombia, on 15 June 2019. Fifty people worked for more than a month to build this giant cup. The drink prepared was Arabic coffee.
