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单词 grandeeship
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grandeeshipn.

Brit. /ɡranˈdiːʃɪp/, U.S. /ɡrænˈdiˌʃɪp/
Forms: also with capital initial.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: grandee n., -ship suffix.
Etymology: < grandee n. + -ship suffix.
The office or rank of a grandee (grandee n.).In quot. 1890: (figurative) grandeur.
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grandeeship1664
grandeurship1691
1664 R. Fanshaw 2 Apr. in Orig. Lett. (1701) 37 Inheritrix of the Marqueset of St. Cruz, and so of a Grandeeship.
1776 H. Swinburne Trav. Spain (1779) xlii. 386 The Conde de Altamira has no less than nineteen grandeeships centered in his person.
1782 Earl of Malmesbury Let. 17 Sept. in Diaries & Corr. (1844) I. 542 La Torre..possesses every requisite to obtain the Grandeeship he aims at.
1879 J. R. Lowell Lett. (1894) II. 268 The duke [of Osuna] represents ten grandeeships of the first class.
1890 Blackwood's Mag. 147 177/1 He inherited..his father's grandeeship of manner, for never was such a magnifico as the tenth duke [of Hamilton].
1901 Eng. Hist. Rev. 16 77 The king of Spain..proposed to sell grandeeships of Spain..to obtain money for the purpose.
1992 M. Bence-Jones Catholic Families iv. 91 The seventh Earl of Traquair..hoped to obtain a Spanish Grandeeship.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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