† ˈruleshipObs.rare. [rule n.] =prec. 1. 1654Vilvain Epit.Ess. ii. xxiii, Romulus for ruleship did Remus slay.1677W. Hughes Man of Sin ii. 192 A man would think by this, that Scriptures and Traditions..equally shared the Ruleship in the Popish World betwixt them.