Provost tenure
Definition
The act of holding or exercising the office of an armaș; the period of time during which a person occupied this medieval court position in the Romanian Principalities; (by extension) the administrative activity of enforcing sentences or organizing the guard of the princely court according to the duties of this official.
Bilingual Equivalents
- Provost tenure
- Office exercise
Grammatical & Source Details
| Inflection Type | Feminine noun, regular structural plural variations with standard genitive inflections. |
| Formation | Noun of action derived from the historical verb 'armăși' using the functional suffix '-re'. |
| Spelling / Pronunciation | [ar.mə.ˈʃi.re] |
| Source | Lexicon of Medieval Institutional and Administrative Nomenclature |
Contextual Usage Examples
RO: Pe durata acelei lungi armășiri, ordinea în mahalalele capitalei a fost menținută cu o strictețe deosebită.
EN: During that long provost tenure, order in the capital's neighborhoods was maintained with exceptional strictness.
RO: Hrisovul domnesc menționează pământurile acordate boierului ca răsplată pentru credincioasa sa armășire.
EN: The princely charter mentions the lands granted to the boyar as a reward for his faithful provost service.
RO: Cronica descrie abuzurile comise în timpul unei armășiri defectuoase din perioada tulburărilor politice.
EN: The chronicle describes the abuses committed during a faulty provost administration in the period of political unrest.
Idioms & Phrases
Timp de armășire / Period of provost service / tenure
RO: Intervalul cronologic în care un dregător a deținut sigiliul și autoritatea executivă a biroului armașilor.
EN: The chronological interval during which an official held the seal and executive authority of the provost's office.
Slujba de armășire / Act of practicing the provost duties
RO: Îndeplinirea efectivă a poruncilor domnești privind paza temnițelor și executarea hotărârilor judecătorești.
EN: The actual fulfillment of princely orders regarding the guarding of prisons and the execution of judicial decisions.
Drept de armășire / Jurisdiction of the provost office
RO: Prerogativele legale oferite de domnitor pentru gestionarea corpului de pușcași și aplicarea legii.
EN: The legal counter-powers offered by the ruler for managing the body of musketeers and enforcing the law.
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