deyship|ˈdeɪʃɪp| [f. dey2 + -ship.] The state or dignity of a dey (of Algiers, etc.). 1704J. Pitts Acc. Mahometans viii. (1738) 174 Succeeded him in the Deyship.1863A. E. Challice Heroes, etc. Louis XVI, II. 20 He would have sent your Deyship a he-goat.