Stewartry

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Stewartry \Stew"art*ry\, n.
     1. An overseer or superintendent. [R.] "The stewartry of
        provisions." --Tooke.
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     2. The office of a steward; stewardship. [R.] --Byron.


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     3. In Scotland, the jurisdiction of a steward; also, the
        lands under such jurisdiction.
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