Constabulary definition

kən-stăbyə-lĕrē
constabularies
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The body of constables of a district or city.
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The district under the jurisdiction of a constable.
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An armed police force organized like a military unit.
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Of or relating to constables, constabularies, or their jurisdictions.
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The territory under the jurisdiction of a constable.
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Constables, collectively, as of a district.
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A police force characterized by a military organization but distinct from the regular army.
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Of constables or a constabulary.
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Of, or relating to constables.
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Characteristic to police; police-like (as opposed to military)

Constabulary missions are different from fighting wars.

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A police force.
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The police in a particular district or area.
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Noun

Singular:
constabulary
Plural:
constabularies

Origin of constabulary

  • From mediaeval Latin conestabularia, a noun use of the feminine version of conestabularius, from Latin constabulus, 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.

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