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viceroyship

viceroyship noun: the office or term of a viceroy.

Noun

viceroyship (countable and uncountable, plural viceroyships)

  1. The office or term of a viceroy.
    • Whileſt the Turks thus lorded it in Syria and the leſſer Aſia, the Saracen Caliph commanded in Egypt; under whom, two great Lords, Dargan and Sanar, fell out about the Sultanie or Vice-royſhip of that land.1639, Thomas Fuller, “Dargan and Sanar Two Egyptian Lords, Contending about the Sultanie, Sanar Calleth in the Turks to Help Him. Of the Danger of Mercenary Souldiers; yet How, Well Qualified, They...

Forms of viceroyship

pluralviceroyships

Origin of viceroyship

From viceroy + -ship.

Questions about viceroyship

What does viceroyship mean?
Viceroyship means the office or term of a viceroy.
What part of speech is viceroyship?
Viceroyship is a noun.
What is the plural of viceroyship?
The plural of viceroyship is viceroyships.

Words near viceroyship in the dictionary

  1. viceroyal
  2. viceroyalties
  3. viceroyalty
  4. viceroydom
  5. viceroys
  6. viceroyship
  7. viceroyships
  8. vices
  9. vicesimal
  10. vicesimation
  11. vicesimations

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