protectorship
protectorship noun: the office of a protector or regent; protectorate.
Noun
protectorship (plural protectorships)
- The office of a protector or regent; protectorate.
- c.1754–61, David Hume, The History of England: From the invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688, 1823, Volume 1, page 409,
Henry, being so far recovered from his distemper as to carry the appearance of exercising the royal power; they moved him to resume his authority [1455], to annul... - The one Irish provision which would have thrown the most light on Piccolomini's role would have been that to Tuam, the only one of the four metropolitan sees to fall vacant during Piccolomini's protectorship.1974, William E. Wilkie, The Cardinal Protectors of England: Rome and the Tudors Before the Reformation, page 73
- c.1754–61, David Hume, The History of England: From the invasion of Julius Caesar to the Revolution of 1688, 1823, Volume 1, page 409,
Forms of protectorship
| plural | protectorships |
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Origin of protectorship
From protector + -ship.
Questions about protectorship
- What does protectorship mean?
- Protectorship means the office of a protector or regent; protectorate.
- What part of speech is protectorship?
- Protectorship is a noun.
- What is the plural of protectorship?
- The plural of protectorship is protectorships.
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