From mediaeval Latin conestabularia, a noun use of the feminine version of conestabularius, from Latinconstabulus, from comes stabuli, literally ‘master of the stables’.
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Constabulary Sentence Examples
The headquarters of the constabulary are at Enniskillen.
Order is maintained by an armed constabulary force, under a European officer, of about 180, almost all natives from different districts, whose members are found to be very efficient and trustworthy.
The constabulary numbers some 600 men and consists of a mixed force of Sikhs, Pathans, Punjabi Mahommedans, Dyaks and Malays, officered by a few Europeans.
The constabulary has its headquarters at Armagh, the county being divided into five districts.
The hermandad became, in fact, a constabulary, which, however, fell gradually into neglect.