单词 | emirship |
释义 | emirshipn. The office or position of emir; (occasionally) the holding of this office or position by a particular person; leadership as emir. Also (preceded by a possessive adjective and usually with capital initial, as in your Emirship): an honorific title given to an emir. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > [noun] > Indian or Asian ruler > position of emirship1758 rajaship1784 khanate1849 society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > royalty > [noun] > royal person(s) > prince > Saracen or Arab prince > position of emirship1758 1758 tr. F. A. de Marigny Hist. Arabians IV. 20 They then went to the palace, and loudly demanded that the Emirship [Fr. la charge d'Emir] should be conferred on one of their leaders. 1828 M. Calcott Short Hist. Spain I. iii. 104 The venality of the chiefs was such that the highest bidder might now purchase the amirship of Spain. 1839 Parbury's Oriental Herald & Colonial Intelligencer 3 239 His Ameership, it may be presumed, derives no little comfort from his devotions. 1881 J. K. Burr in Comm. Old Test. VI. xxii. 151/1 Under his emirship might and violence prospered. 1915 W. A. Steward War Medals 207 The determination of Ayoub Khan, a younger brother of the deposed Ameer, to make a bid for the Ameership. 2001 Economist 3 Mar. 67/3 Since 1915, the emirship has alternated between two lines of descent. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1758 |
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