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What is a colonelcy?

What is a colonelcy? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (military) The rank or office of a colonel.
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On returning he was gazetted to the colonelcy of the 5th Dragoons.
He had, in the meantime, been promoted to the colonelcy of his regiment.
As to the colonelcy of the militia, the lord-lieutenant has my resignation.
In 1830 he was appointed to the colonelcy of the 14th Light Dragoons.
Disappointed, he settled for a colonelcy in the Illinois militia.
William J. Bryan accepted the colonelcy in a Nebraska regiment.

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