Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Stewartry \Stew"art*ry\, n.
   1. An overseer or superintendent. [R.] ``The stewartry of
      provisions.'' --Tooke.

   2. The office of a steward; stewardship. [R.] --Byron.

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