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sultanship

sultanship noun: the office or status of a sultan.

Noun

sultanship (countable and uncountable, plural sultanships)

  1. The office or status of a sultan.
    • In essence, he moved the symbolism of the sultanship from an emirate or caliphal base to a national base. Various Muslim circles and conferences outside Nigeria came to regard him as the chief spokesman for Nigerian Muslims.2006, John N. Paden, Muslim Civic Cultures and Conflict Resolution, page 128
    Synonyms:
    sultanate

Synonyms of sultanship

Forms of sultanship

pluralsultanships

Origin of sultanship

From sultan + -ship.

Questions about sultanship

What does sultanship mean?
Sultanship means the office or status of a sultan.
What part of speech is sultanship?
Sultanship is a noun.
What is the plural of sultanship?
The plural of sultanship is sultanships.

Words near sultanship in the dictionary

  1. sultanlike
  2. Sultanpur
  3. sultanries
  4. sultanry
  5. sultans
  6. sultanship
  7. sultanships
  8. sultany
  9. sulthiame
  10. sultiame
  11. sultim

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