mastershipn.

Brit.

/ˈmɑːstəʃɪp/,

/ˈmastəʃɪp/, U.S.

/ˈmæstərˌʃɪp/

Forms: see master n.¹ and -ship suffix; also 1500s mashippe; Scottish pre-1700 mrschipe.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: master n.¹, -ship suffix.

Etymology: < master n.¹ + -ship suffix. Compare Old Frisian mastereskip, mestereskip (West Frisian masterskip), Middle Dutch meesterscap (Dutch meesterschap), Middle Low German meysterschaf, meysterschap, Old High German meisterscaft (Middle High German meisterschaft, German Meisterschaft).With forms mashippe , mrschipe with the first element represented by a graphic abbreviation, compare Ma. n.¹, Mr n.

I. Senses relating to control or authority.

a. The condition of being a master or ruler; dominion, ascendancy, rule, control. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > [noun]

doomc1000

strengthOE

obediencea1225

bandon?c1225

mastery?c1225

authority1340

bailliec1380

obeisancea1393

baila1400

mastership?a1425

jurisdictionc1425

masterdomc1475

reformation1523

maistrice1526

swinge1531

potentness1581

obey1584

masterfulnessa1586

prevailance1592

covert1596

magistrality1603

command1608

magistery1642

magisteriality1646

sway1765

tenure1871

?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 21 (MED) Which [apostemes]..bene made of þe dominion, i. lordship or maistership [L. dominio] of one humour.

c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 248 Þer þe son hathe a reule or a maistershupp or a gouernans abown þe fadur.

1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer ii. f. cccxxxviii^v Whan these sely women..beleuen your wordes..than graunt[en] they to you their hertes,..wherthrough their lyberte in maystreshyp that they toforne had is thralled.

1548 W. Patten Exped. Scotl. Pref. sig. b vij Yet seke we not the mastership of you, but the felowship.

1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 93 The great men..hereby lost..the judicature, or rather the mastership of the life or death of the meaner sort.

1683 W. Kennett tr. Erasmus Witt against Wisdom 39 The other..is indeed the most slavish of Serving-men, in being subject to the mastership of Lust, and Sensuality.

1720 J. Leigh Kensington-Gardens iii. 51 Never to have the Mastership of one's own Time!—Well, 'tis an unspeakable Torture, to serve a young Rake.

1789 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. xvi. p. ccliv Wrongful imposition of servantship, if it be the offence of the pretended master, coincides with usurpation of mastership.

1816 W. Scott Old Mortality xiv, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 301 He at once exerted that mastership over his heated..imagination [etc.].

1894 Daily News 15 Nov. 5/3 That mastership..which the sea has always conferred upon its unquestioned rulers.

1906 U. Sinclair Jungle iv. 57 Jurgis grew more confident every hour, more certain of his mastership.

†b. Mastery of or ascendancy over an opponent. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > [noun]

overhandc1175

masteryc1225

gree1320

betc1330

pricea1350

advantagea1393

overmasterya1400

voicea1400

betterc1405

higherc1450

prevaila1460

superiority1548

mastership1573

prevalence1604

eminence1609

privilegea1616

prevalency1623

upper fortunea1625

whipping-hand1682

whip hand1806

1573 T. Twyne tr. Virgil in T. Phaer & T. Twyne tr. Virgil Whole .xii. Bks. Æneidos xii. sig. Nnij When contention falles two mightie Bulles betwixt,..That for dominion euermore, and mastershippe do trie.

1578 J. Rolland Seuin Seages 269 Abone all thame that dwelt into Egypt, He far excellit, and had the Maisterschip.

a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 130 They [sc. swannes] beginne to strive for the M[aste]rshippe aboute Lady-day.

1727 P. Longueville Hermit 25 An Animal..as big as he, kept him a great while strugling for Mastership.

1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IV. 30 The riot and disorder it occasioned in the Strasburgers fantacies was so general—such an overpowering mastership had it got of all the faculties of the Strasburgers minds.

1829 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 25 282 Whatever were the force and power of these feelings, it was not now the time to let them get the mastership.

a. The position or office of master; the term of office of a master (in any of various official capacities).There is some overlap with sense 2c in academic contexts.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > [noun] > those in authority > person in authority > condition of

masterheada1400

mastership1455

masterhooda1586

M1591

superiorship1649

superiorate1848

1455 Rolls of Parl. V. 316/1 The Maisterships of oure Forest of Simonswode.

1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. iiii But if that any one be in suche maner case, That he wyl chalange the maystershyp fro me [etc.].

?1515 Hyckescorner (de Worde) sig. Bii^v Fro the ladder of lyfe downe he wyll the threste Than maystershyp may not helpe nor grete offyce.

1591 A. Nowell in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men (1843) 87 The quietness of St. John's College durying hys Mastershyppe there.

1609 D. Carleton Let. 8 June in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times James I (1848) (modernized text) I. 98 I hear Sir Ralph Winwood aims at a Mastership of Requests.

1626 in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. (1659) 325 The chief Mastership of that Order.

1721 London Gaz. No. 5918/1 The Pope's Bulls for the Great Mastership of St. Lazarus.

1806 H. K. White Let. 25 June in Remains (1807) I. 227 The mastership of the school must be held by a clergyman.

1873 Sat. Rev. 9 Aug. 163/1 The Mastership of the Rolls has been offered to the Attorney-General.

1891 Law Times 90 419/2 A mastership in lunacy.

1947 University Observer Winter 20/1 John..refuses to angle for the mastership of..one of the swank Harvard Houses.

1997 Hunting Feb. 8/1 This is the time of year when provisional foxhunting Mastership lists are drawn up.

†b. The district ruled by the master of a military order. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.The work quoted claims to be translated from Spanish, but the Spanish original has not been traced.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > an administrative division of territory > [noun]

purprisea1275

member?a1425

precinct1447

lordshipa1450

captainate1593

region1593

partiality1601

division1640

peopledom1657

convent1658

district1667

mastership1707

superintendency1798

area1849

1707 (title) A Journal of the Siege of San Matheo, Capital of the Mastership of the Military Order of Montesa.

c. The position or office of master in a school. Now chiefly in headmastership n. at headmaster n. Derivatives.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > teaching > teacher > schoolteacher or schoolmaster > [noun] > position of

schoolmastership1532

pedantism1603

whipping-tradea1704

mastership1814

1814 G. Hardinge Let. in J. Nichols Lit. Anecd. 18th Cent. (1814) VIII. 544 Dr. Sumner vacated the Upper-mastership of Eton.

1881 Macmillan's Mag. Nov. 76 The Annan mathematical mastership lasted about two years.

1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 26/1 After holding masterships at King Edward's School, Birmingham, and at Clifton College, [etc.].

†3. The existence of masters or employers as an inevitable characteristic of industrial organization; the control of industry by masters or employers. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > other types of company

incorporation1530

acquisitor1668

private company?1711

private practice1724

public company1730

trading house1760

acquiror1789

in-company1791

public corporation1796

company1800

subsidiary company1823

proprietary company1824

stock-company1827

trust company1827

subsidiary1828

concessionaire1839

commandite1844

statutory company1847

parent company1854

mastership1868

state enterprise1886

Pty.1904

asset class1931

acquirer1950

parent1953

growth company1959

spin-off1959

non-profit1961

shell1964

not-for-profit1969

vehicle1971

spin-out1972

startup1975

greenfield1982

large-cap1982

monoline1984

small cap1984

mid-cap1988

multidomestic1989

dotcom1996

1868 J. Ruskin Time & Tide (1872) 6 The points at issue, in the comparison of this system with that of mastership, are by no means hitherto frankly stated.

1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 29 Nov. 12/1 After a detailed description of the results of mastership and the effect machinery has had on the labour market..Mr. Morris spoke of the upper class.

†II. A title of rank or respect.

4. With possessive adjective: a title of respect given to a master. Frequently in your good mastership(s) (as a formal style of address in applications and petitions). Often abbreviated M. Cf. maship n. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun] > for gentleman

masterlOE

Danc1330

gentleman1416

denc1425

mastership1438

mister1523

maship1526

mast?1548

esquire1552

masterdom1575

squire1645

gentlemanship1653

Mus'1875

1438 in F. B. Bickley Little Red Bk. Bristol (1900) II. 169 (MED) Plese it to youre seide Maistreschippes to consider our seide simple and pouer degrees.

1440 in J. Raine Charters Priory Finchale (1837) 72 Whilk mater at the raverence of ȝowr maystership is fulfillid.

1490 in F. B. Bickley Little Red Bk. Bristol (1900) II. 123 Shewen vnto youre good maisterships your Comburgeises John Mede, Richard Rolf, [etc.].

1533 J. Frith Bk. answeringe Mores Let. sig. Dvii^v And where hys mastershyp alleageth this texte for the Sacrament that [etc.].

1591 in C. Innes Bk. Thanes Cawdor (1859) 199 For vij quarteris of Londun claith to be your maisterchip cott and breikis.

a1639 T. Dekker et al. Witch of Edmonton (1658) i. ii. 7 No Gentleman, I, Mr. Thorney; spare the Mastership, call me by my name, John Carter.

III. Senses relating to skill or expertise.

a. The skill or knowledge of a master.

ΘΚΠ

the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > skill or knowledge > mastery

mastery?1316

maistricec1390

mastership1559

masterliness1653

mastercraft1707

mistress-ship1819

masterhood1875

maestria1876

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > intellectual command, mastery > [noun] > skill of a master

mastery?1316

maistricec1390

mastership1559

masterhood1875

1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus 297 Oyl of philosophers (which some haue named oyl of wisdom, and of perfect mastership [L. perfecti magisterii]).

a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iv. i. 7 When the Sea was calme, all Boats alike Shew'd Mastership in floating.

1662 B. Gerbier Brief Disc. Princ. Building 42 The Grecians and Romans (who have shown their Master-ship in them [sc. Triumphall Arches]).

1726 Learned Diss. Dumpling 20 The greatest Mastership in Cookery is requir'd to make the Pudding Palatable.

1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. v. ii. 282 Mastership in tongue-fence; this is the quality of qualities.

1929 W. Deeping Roper's Row xxiv. 265 An examination was a door that you opened for yourself..; whereas the key of this door remained in other hands. Your mastership might matter to a point, but it could not command the key.

1992 Trans World Skateboarding Mar. 62/1 He becomes the Chancellor of Power, the Messiah of Mastership.

b. Mastery or thorough knowledge of a subject, method, or process; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > intellectual command, mastery > [noun]

gropeOE

sciencea1387

mastery1585

mastership1612

grasp1683

grip1861

masterhood1869

1612 J. Cotta Short Discouerie Dangers Ignorant Practisers Physicke 47 The pride and maister-ship of the medicine.

a1697 J. Aubrey Brief Lives (1898) I. 120 He is much beholding to him for his mastership of that language.

1883 American 7 184 A mastership of the technicalities of their work.

1897 Tocsin (Melbourne) 23 Dec. 6/1 It was grand fun most of the time—rabbit trapping, emu hunting..and then to the mastership of shearing.

1984 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 22 July 13/1 Every artist should have a mastership of his medium.

1996 Boston Herald (Nexis) 11 Dec. 34 Our present culture in which the importance of mathematics isn't stressed and the mastership of mathematics not respected.

a. The instruction of a master or teacher. Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > teaching > teacher > [noun] > office of

mastership1581

preceptorship1753

instructorship1821

tutorism1844

teachership1846

masterhood1864

1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxvii. 155 So long as the child shalbe..vnder maistership in schole.

a1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhemists New Test. (1618) 299 They were taught of the Holy Ghost, through the immediate Mastership or Doctorship of Christ.

1866 H. Bushnell Vicarious Sacrifice Introd. 15 The immense following that has accepted his mastership.

b. A master's degree. Also: the status of a recognized master of a craft, etc.

ΘΚΠ

society > education > educational administration > university administration > taking degree or graduation > [noun] > a degree > specific

masterdomc1400

doctorship1533

doctorate?1577

mastership1583

baccalaureate1625

bachelorshipa1656

doctorhood1683

LL.D.1763

master's degree1774

LL.B.1796

Mus.B.1801

PhD1839

Lambeth degree1859

baccalaureate degree1864

LL.M.1874

(Lady) Literate in Arts1877

Sc.D.1885

Mus. Bac.1889

post-graduation1889

B.Lit.1895

masterate1902

B.Phil.1923

B. Ed.1941

ABD1954

Dip. Tech.1957

master1960

B.Sc.-

society > occupation and work > position or job > [noun] > position or office of specific workers

plumbership1455

portership1521

clerkship1531

factorshipc1550

pavership1597

mastership1688

private secretaryship1789

writership1810

taskmastership1815

factoryship1836

engineership1839

foremanship1853

improvership1864

call boy1877

gaffership1895

producership1924

operatorship1934

1583 Protocol Bk. J. Scott f. 162^v Certane ȝoung men that ar to proceid to thair degrie of mrschipe within the said vniuersitie.

1688 True Spirit of Popery 44 The rendred all Arts and Trades almost inaccessible to the Protestants, by the difficulties of arriving to the Mastership of them.

1831 W. Hamilton in Edinb. Rev. June 391 To commence student in Medicine, it is necessary to have obtained a mastership in arts.

1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus iii. i. 75/2 An honourable Mastership in Cordwainery.

1967 Times Rev. Industry Mar. 101/2 (advt.) Mastership Schemes. Applications are invited from graduates..for admission to one of the following schemes of study: M.Sc. in Continuum Mechanics, [etc.].

a1996 Ann. Rev. 1995 (Royal Soc. Chem.) 8/2 At the specialist, post-experience level, the Mastership in Clinical Biochemistry was phased out—membership of the Royal College of Pathologists is now the relevant qualification.

†7. A body of master workmen; a guild. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > types of association, society, or organization > [noun] > guild of medieval origin

guild?a1000

guildshipa1000

company1389

fellowship1418

commonalty1423

commonality1648

mastership1822

university2000

1822 A. Ranken Hist. France IX. x. i. 178 A third [decree] dissolved the corporations and masterships of towns.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	mastership
释义	mastershipn. Brit. /ˈmɑːstəʃɪp/, /ˈmastəʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈmæstərˌʃɪp/ Forms: see master n.¹ and -ship suffix; also 1500s mashippe; Scottish pre-1700 mrschipe. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: master n.¹, -ship suffix. Etymology: < master n.¹ + -ship suffix. Compare Old Frisian mastereskip, mestereskip (West Frisian masterskip), Middle Dutch meesterscap (Dutch meesterschap), Middle Low German meysterschaf, meysterschap, Old High German meisterscaft (Middle High German meisterschaft, German Meisterschaft).With forms mashippe , mrschipe with the first element represented by a graphic abbreviation, compare Ma. n.¹, Mr n. I. Senses relating to control or authority. 1. a. The condition of being a master or ruler; dominion, ascendancy, rule, control. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > [noun] doomc1000 strengthOE obediencea1225 bandon?c1225 mastery?c1225 authority1340 bailliec1380 obeisancea1393 baila1400 mastership?a1425 jurisdictionc1425 masterdomc1475 reformation1523 maistrice1526 swinge1531 potentness1581 obey1584 masterfulnessa1586 prevailance1592 covert1596 magistrality1603 command1608 magistery1642 magisteriality1646 sway1765 tenure1871 ?a1425 tr. Guy de Chauliac Grande Chirurgie (N.Y. Acad. Med.) f. 21 (MED) Which [apostemes]..bene made of þe dominion, i. lordship or maistership [L. dominio] of one humour. c1450 Alphabet of Tales (1904) I. 248 Þer þe son hathe a reule or a maistershupp or a gouernans abown þe fadur. 1532 (c1385) Usk's Test. Loue in Wks. G. Chaucer ii. f. cccxxxviii^v Whan these sely women..beleuen your wordes..than graunt[en] they to you their hertes,..wherthrough their lyberte in maystreshyp that they toforne had is thralled. 1548 W. Patten Exped. Scotl. Pref. sig. b vij Yet seke we not the mastership of you, but the felowship. 1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 93 The great men..hereby lost..the judicature, or rather the mastership of the life or death of the meaner sort. 1683 W. Kennett tr. Erasmus Witt against Wisdom 39 The other..is indeed the most slavish of Serving-men, in being subject to the mastership of Lust, and Sensuality. 1720 J. Leigh Kensington-Gardens iii. 51 Never to have the Mastership of one's own Time!—Well, 'tis an unspeakable Torture, to serve a young Rake. 1789 J. Bentham Introd. Princ. Morals & Legisl. xvi. p. ccliv Wrongful imposition of servantship, if it be the offence of the pretended master, coincides with usurpation of mastership. 1816 W. Scott Old Mortality xiv, in Tales of my Landlord 1st Ser. IV. 301 He at once exerted that mastership over his heated..imagination [etc.]. 1894 Daily News 15 Nov. 5/3 That mastership..which the sea has always conferred upon its unquestioned rulers. 1906 U. Sinclair Jungle iv. 57 Jurgis grew more confident every hour, more certain of his mastership. †b. Mastery of or ascendancy over an opponent. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > prosperity > success > mastery or superiority > [noun] overhandc1175 masteryc1225 gree1320 betc1330 pricea1350 advantagea1393 overmasterya1400 voicea1400 betterc1405 higherc1450 prevaila1460 superiority1548 mastership1573 prevalence1604 eminence1609 privilegea1616 prevalency1623 upper fortunea1625 whipping-hand1682 whip hand1806 1573 T. Twyne tr. Virgil in T. Phaer & T. Twyne tr. Virgil Whole .xii. Bks. Æneidos xii. sig. Nnij When contention falles two mightie Bulles betwixt,..That for dominion euermore, and mastershippe do trie. 1578 J. Rolland Seuin Seages 269 Abone all thame that dwelt into Egypt, He far excellit, and had the Maisterschip. a1642 H. Best Farming & Memorandum Bks. (1984) 130 They [sc. swannes] beginne to strive for the M[aste]rshippe aboute Lady-day. 1727 P. Longueville Hermit 25 An Animal..as big as he, kept him a great while strugling for Mastership. 1761 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IV. 30 The riot and disorder it occasioned in the Strasburgers fantacies was so general—such an overpowering mastership had it got of all the faculties of the Strasburgers minds. 1829 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 25 282 Whatever were the force and power of these feelings, it was not now the time to let them get the mastership. 2. a. The position or office of master; the term of office of a master (in any of various official capacities).There is some overlap with sense 2c in academic contexts. ΘΚΠ society > authority > [noun] > those in authority > person in authority > condition of masterheada1400 mastership1455 masterhooda1586 M1591 superiorship1649 superiorate1848 1455 Rolls of Parl. V. 316/1 The Maisterships of oure Forest of Simonswode. 1509 A. Barclay Brant's Shyp of Folys (Pynson) f. iiii But if that any one be in suche maner case, That he wyl chalange the maystershyp fro me [etc.]. ?1515 Hyckescorner (de Worde) sig. Bii^v Fro the ladder of lyfe downe he wyll the threste Than maystershyp may not helpe nor grete offyce. 1591 A. Nowell in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eminent Literary Men (1843) 87 The quietness of St. John's College durying hys Mastershyppe there. 1609 D. Carleton Let. 8 June in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times James I (1848) (modernized text) I. 98 I hear Sir Ralph Winwood aims at a Mastership of Requests. 1626 in J. Rushworth Hist. Coll. (1659) 325 The chief Mastership of that Order. 1721 London Gaz. No. 5918/1 The Pope's Bulls for the Great Mastership of St. Lazarus. 1806 H. K. White Let. 25 June in Remains (1807) I. 227 The mastership of the school must be held by a clergyman. 1873 Sat. Rev. 9 Aug. 163/1 The Mastership of the Rolls has been offered to the Attorney-General. 1891 Law Times 90 419/2 A mastership in lunacy. 1947 University Observer Winter 20/1 John..refuses to angle for the mastership of..one of the swank Harvard Houses. 1997 Hunting Feb. 8/1 This is the time of year when provisional foxhunting Mastership lists are drawn up. †b. The district ruled by the master of a military order. Obsolete.Apparently an isolated use.The work quoted claims to be translated from Spanish, but the Spanish original has not been traced. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > an administrative division of territory > [noun] purprisea1275 member?a1425 precinct1447 lordshipa1450 captainate1593 region1593 partiality1601 division1640 peopledom1657 convent1658 district1667 mastership1707 superintendency1798 area1849 1707 (title) A Journal of the Siege of San Matheo, Capital of the Mastership of the Military Order of Montesa. c. The position or office of master in a school. Now chiefly in headmastership n. at headmaster n. Derivatives. ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > teacher > schoolteacher or schoolmaster > [noun] > position of schoolmastership1532 pedantism1603 whipping-tradea1704 mastership1814 1814 G. Hardinge Let. in J. Nichols Lit. Anecd. 18th Cent. (1814) VIII. 544 Dr. Sumner vacated the Upper-mastership of Eton. 1881 Macmillan's Mag. Nov. 76 The Annan mathematical mastership lasted about two years. 1910 Encycl. Brit. I. 26/1 After holding masterships at King Edward's School, Birmingham, and at Clifton College, [etc.]. †3. The existence of masters or employers as an inevitable characteristic of industrial organization; the control of industry by masters or employers. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > business affairs > a business or company > [noun] > other types of company incorporation1530 acquisitor1668 private company?1711 private practice1724 public company1730 trading house1760 acquiror1789 in-company1791 public corporation1796 company1800 subsidiary company1823 proprietary company1824 stock-company1827 trust company1827 subsidiary1828 concessionaire1839 commandite1844 statutory company1847 parent company1854 mastership1868 state enterprise1886 Pty.1904 asset class1931 acquirer1950 parent1953 growth company1959 spin-off1959 non-profit1961 shell1964 not-for-profit1969 vehicle1971 spin-out1972 startup1975 greenfield1982 large-cap1982 monoline1984 small cap1984 mid-cap1988 multidomestic1989 dotcom1996 1868 J. Ruskin Time & Tide (1872) 6 The points at issue, in the comparison of this system with that of mastership, are by no means hitherto frankly stated. 1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 29 Nov. 12/1 After a detailed description of the results of mastership and the effect machinery has had on the labour market..Mr. Morris spoke of the upper class. †II. A title of rank or respect. 4. With possessive adjective: a title of respect given to a master. Frequently in your good mastership(s) (as a formal style of address in applications and petitions). Often abbreviated M. Cf. maship n. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun] > for gentleman masterlOE Danc1330 gentleman1416 denc1425 mastership1438 mister1523 maship1526 mast?1548 esquire1552 masterdom1575 squire1645 gentlemanship1653 Mus'1875 1438 in F. B. Bickley Little Red Bk. Bristol (1900) II. 169 (MED) Plese it to youre seide Maistreschippes to consider our seide simple and pouer degrees. 1440 in J. Raine Charters Priory Finchale (1837) 72 Whilk mater at the raverence of ȝowr maystership is fulfillid. 1490 in F. B. Bickley Little Red Bk. Bristol (1900) II. 123 Shewen vnto youre good maisterships your Comburgeises John Mede, Richard Rolf, [etc.]. 1533 J. Frith Bk. answeringe Mores Let. sig. Dvii^v And where hys mastershyp alleageth this texte for the Sacrament that [etc.]. 1591 in C. Innes Bk. Thanes Cawdor (1859) 199 For vij quarteris of Londun claith to be your maisterchip cott and breikis. a1639 T. Dekker et al. Witch of Edmonton (1658) i. ii. 7 No Gentleman, I, Mr. Thorney; spare the Mastership, call me by my name, John Carter. III. Senses relating to skill or expertise. 5. a. The skill or knowledge of a master. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > skill or knowledge > mastery mastery?1316 maistricec1390 mastership1559 masterliness1653 mastercraft1707 mistress-ship1819 masterhood1875 maestria1876 the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > intellectual command, mastery > [noun] > skill of a master mastery?1316 maistricec1390 mastership1559 masterhood1875 1559 P. Morwyng tr. C. Gesner Treasure of Euonymus 297 Oyl of philosophers (which some haue named oyl of wisdom, and of perfect mastership [L. perfecti magisterii]). a1616 W. Shakespeare Coriolanus (1623) iv. i. 7 When the Sea was calme, all Boats alike Shew'd Mastership in floating. View more context for this quotation 1662 B. Gerbier Brief Disc. Princ. Building 42 The Grecians and Romans (who have shown their Master-ship in them [sc. Triumphall Arches]). 1726 Learned Diss. Dumpling 20 The greatest Mastership in Cookery is requir'd to make the Pudding Palatable. 1837 T. Carlyle French Revol. II. v. ii. 282 Mastership in tongue-fence; this is the quality of qualities. 1929 W. Deeping Roper's Row xxiv. 265 An examination was a door that you opened for yourself..; whereas the key of this door remained in other hands. Your mastership might matter to a point, but it could not command the key. 1992 Trans World Skateboarding Mar. 62/1 He becomes the Chancellor of Power, the Messiah of Mastership. b. Mastery or thorough knowledge of a subject, method, or process; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > knowledge > scholarly knowledge, erudition > intellectual command, mastery > [noun] gropeOE sciencea1387 mastery1585 mastership1612 grasp1683 grip1861 masterhood1869 1612 J. Cotta Short Discouerie Dangers Ignorant Practisers Physicke 47 The pride and maister-ship of the medicine. a1697 J. Aubrey Brief Lives (1898) I. 120 He is much beholding to him for his mastership of that language. 1883 American 7 184 A mastership of the technicalities of their work. 1897 Tocsin (Melbourne) 23 Dec. 6/1 It was grand fun most of the time—rabbit trapping, emu hunting..and then to the mastership of shearing. 1984 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 22 July 13/1 Every artist should have a mastership of his medium. 1996 Boston Herald (Nexis) 11 Dec. 34 Our present culture in which the importance of mathematics isn't stressed and the mastership of mathematics not respected. 6. a. The instruction of a master or teacher. Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > education > teaching > teacher > [noun] > office of mastership1581 preceptorship1753 instructorship1821 tutorism1844 teachership1846 masterhood1864 1581 R. Mulcaster Positions xxxvii. 155 So long as the child shalbe..vnder maistership in schole. a1603 T. Cartwright Confut. Rhemists New Test. (1618) 299 They were taught of the Holy Ghost, through the immediate Mastership or Doctorship of Christ. 1866 H. Bushnell Vicarious Sacrifice Introd. 15 The immense following that has accepted his mastership. b. A master's degree. Also: the status of a recognized master of a craft, etc. ΘΚΠ society > education > educational administration > university administration > taking degree or graduation > [noun] > a degree > specific masterdomc1400 doctorship1533 doctorate?1577 mastership1583 baccalaureate1625 bachelorshipa1656 doctorhood1683 LL.D.1763 master's degree1774 LL.B.1796 Mus.B.1801 PhD1839 Lambeth degree1859 baccalaureate degree1864 LL.M.1874 (Lady) Literate in Arts1877 Sc.D.1885 Mus. Bac.1889 post-graduation1889 B.Lit.1895 masterate1902 B.Phil.1923 B. Ed.1941 ABD1954 Dip. Tech.1957 master1960 B.Sc.- society > occupation and work > position or job > [noun] > position or office of specific workers plumbership1455 portership1521 clerkship1531 factorshipc1550 pavership1597 mastership1688 private secretaryship1789 writership1810 taskmastership1815 factoryship1836 engineership1839 foremanship1853 improvership1864 call boy1877 gaffership1895 producership1924 operatorship1934 1583 Protocol Bk. J. Scott f. 162^v Certane ȝoung men that ar to proceid to thair degrie of mrschipe within the said vniuersitie. 1688 True Spirit of Popery 44 The rendred all Arts and Trades almost inaccessible to the Protestants, by the difficulties of arriving to the Mastership of them. 1831 W. Hamilton in Edinb. Rev. June 391 To commence student in Medicine, it is necessary to have obtained a mastership in arts. 1834 T. Carlyle Sartor Resartus iii. i. 75/2 An honourable Mastership in Cordwainery. 1967 Times Rev. Industry Mar. 101/2 (advt.) Mastership Schemes. Applications are invited from graduates..for admission to one of the following schemes of study: M.Sc. in Continuum Mechanics, [etc.]. a1996 Ann. Rev. 1995 (Royal Soc. Chem.) 8/2 At the specialist, post-experience level, the Mastership in Clinical Biochemistry was phased out—membership of the Royal College of Pathologists is now the relevant qualification. †7. A body of master workmen; a guild. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > types of association, society, or organization > [noun] > guild of medieval origin guild?a1000 guildshipa1000 company1389 fellowship1418 commonalty1423 commonality1648 mastership1822 university2000 1822 A. Ranken Hist. France IX. x. i. 178 A third [decree] dissolved the corporations and masterships of towns. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.?a1425
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