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premiership|ˈprɛmɪəʃɪp, ˈpriːm-|
[f. premier n. + -ship.]
1. a. The office of a premier or prime minister.
1800Hazlitt Pol. Ess. (1819) 398 An inherency of the office in the person of the King, which made the office itself a nullity, and the Premiership, with its accompanying majority, the sole and permanent power of the State. 1806Moore Mem. (1853) I. 187 The King will certainly offer the premiership to Addington. 1873Spectator 9 Aug. 1001/1 Mr. Gladstone..takes the control of the Exchequer as well as the Premiership. 1893F. Adams New Egypt 125 The premiership of Fakhry Pasha was never gazetted.
b. U.S. The office of Secretary of State. Cf. premier n. d. ? Obs.
1928H. Minor Story Democr. Party 69 Madison had cabinet troubles, too. Monroe accepted the premiership in March 1811.
2. The state of being first in position or rank, as in a competition. Also attrib.
1870Anderson Missions Amer. Bd. II. xvii. 138 Kinau was succeeded in the premiership by..her half-sister. 1883Standard 26 Feb. 2/6 Lowland Chief maintains the Premiership in the Lincolnshire Handicap betting. 1897Daily News 9 July 6/2 He also took a special prize as a ‘premiership dog’. |