magistrateshipn.
/ˈmadʒᵻstreɪtʃɪp/, /ˈmadʒᵻstrətʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈmædʒəˌstreɪtˌʃɪp/ The dignity, functions, or term of office of a magistrate; the office of magistrate.
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society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > [noun] > position of
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1574 tr. Life 70. Archbishopp Canterbury sig. Bviijv He was wonte to rubbe his minde with the memorye off that sentence, that all fame,..all magistratshippes..shall perishe, and decaye.
a1656 J. Ussher Ann. World (1658) 595 Rullus,..in the beginning of his magistrateship, published the Agrarian Law.
1884 J. Payne 1001 Nights VIII. 93 'Tis one of the duties of magistrateship, To hang up the chief of police o'er his door.
1886 Athenæum 10 July 47/2 He was something of a soldier, and (which was much rarer at the time than either soldiership or magistrateship) he was a bibliophile.
2001 www.novaroma.org 18 Dec. (O.E.D. Archive) At that moment, all those who occupy pro tem positions within the organization shall be automatically installed in the appropriate magistrateship without the need for formal elections to be held.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2000; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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