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janissaryship

janissaryship noun: the position of a janissary.

Noun

janissaryship (plural janissaryships)

  1. The position of a janissary.
    • What led to Dziuba's "janissaryship"?1977, Journal of Ukrainian Graduate Studies
    • [...] but as "he loses status who stays in one place", he would have to sell two of his three offices (the scriptorship and the janissaryship totalling 1,400 ducats) in order to acquire his father's abbreviatorship.1992, The Medici in Florence, page 257

Forms of janissaryship

pluraljanissaryships

Origin of janissaryship

From janissary + -ship.

Questions about janissaryship

What does janissaryship mean?
Janissaryship means the position of a janissary.
What part of speech is janissaryship?
Janissaryship is a noun.
What is the plural of janissaryship?
The plural of janissaryship is janissaryships.

Words near janissaryship in the dictionary

  1. janissar
  2. janissaries
  3. janissars
  4. janissary
  5. janissary music
  6. janissaryship
  7. janissaryships
  8. Janiszewski
  9. Janiszewskis
  10. Janite
  11. Janites

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