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ˈwardenship
[f. warden n.1 + -ship.]
1. Guardianship, safe-keeping. rare.
a1300Cursor M. 4253 Þe wardein-scipp of al his aght Has putifar ioseph bi-taght. Ibid. 4643, I wil him do at vndertak þe wardanscipp of al mi land. 1890H. Frederic Lawton Girl 63 All the nameless feminine yearnings for wardenship and shelter from life's battle took voice and pleaded in her heart.
2. The office or position of a warden, in various uses of that word.
1464Rolls of Parlt. V. 520/2 Any Graunte..made..to Maister William Say..of the custodie or Wardenship of the Hous or Hospitall of Seint Antony in oure Cite of London. 1481in Engl. Gilds (1870) 332 If any of the Jornaymen refuse to take the office of Wardynschippe. 1536Act 28 Hen. VIII, c. 11 Euery..hospitall, wardenshyppe, prouostshyppe, or other spiritual promocion. 1628Earl of Manchester in Buccleuch MSS. (Hist. MSS. Comm.) I. 267 Your wardenship when I found undispatched I would not let longer to stick. 1651N. Bacon Disc. Govt. Eng. ii. xv. 136 The power and place of the Wardenship of the Kingdome doth utterly vanish by the personall accesse of the King. 1691A. Wood Ath. Oxon. I. 398 In the Wardenship of Mert. coll. succeeded Nath. Brent. 1791Ann. Reg., St. Papers 153* There is no longer wardenships, or corporations of professions, arts, and crafts. 1804G. Rose Diaries (1860) II. 191 note, The Wardenship of the Cinque Ports. 1870Daily News 12 Nov., The Wardenship of St. Peter's College, Radley, has been filled by the selection of [etc.].
3. nonce-use. The funds in the hands of or set apart for a warden or wardens.
1424Cov. Leet Bk. 83 Þe wich xl s. com oute of the wardenship and thei owen to haue hit agayn. |