protectorshipn.
/prəˈtɛktəʃɪp/, U.S. /prəˈtɛktərˌʃɪp/ 1. The office or position of protector of a kingdom or state; = protectorate n. 1, 2a. Now historical.Also occasionally with possessive adjective as a title.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > regent > [noun] > position of
protectorship1456
regentship1579
society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > head of government > [noun] > protector during Commonwealth of 1653-9 > office of
protectorship1659
protectoral1661
protectorate1662
1456 J. Bokkyng in Paston Lett. & Papers (2005) III. 162 The resumpsion, men truste, shall forthe, and myn lordes of Yorkes firste power of protectourship stande.
a1500 (a1470) Brut (BL Add. 10099) 523 (MED) Þe Duke of Yorke was sent fore to Grenewiche, & þer was dischargied of þe protectorshipp.
a1566 T. Hoby Trav. (1902) 21 This yere [sc. 1549] was..the Duke of Sommersett deposed from his protectorshippe.
1594 W. Shakespeare Henry VI, Pt. 2 ii. i. 30 Humphrey. As how, my Lord? Suffolke. As you, my Lord. And it like your Lordly Lords Protectorship.
1659 England's Confusion 3 The most probable competitor for succession in the Protectorship.
1738 D. Neal Hist. Puritans IV. 150 Cromwell's Protectorship was built only upon the authority of the Council of Officers.
1755 D. Hume Let. 9 Jan. (1932) I. 216 Had I got a Week's warning..I shou'd willingly have sent some Sheets of the History of the Commonwealth or Protectorship.
1774 J. Bentham Corr. 5 Apr. (1968) I. 180 May it please your protectorship.
1847 Nat. Encycl. I. 971 Under the ‘protectorship’ of the Khedive.
1961 E. F. Jacob Fifteenth Cent., 1399–1485 vi. 211 The protectorship was to be subordinate to the council and to lack the prerogatival powers which the council had claimed to exercise on behalf of the king during the minority.
1981 Oceans July 36/1 A small island population in the Pacific that has been under United Nations protectorship since World War II.
1998 Coin News June 32/2 For the first time since Oliver Cromwell's protectorship, the head of a commoner appears on a coin of the realm.
2. gen. The fact of being or having a protector; guardianship, patronage, protection.
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > protection or patronage
avowry1330
governail1395
protectorship1576
patronage1590
clientele1611
protection1809
1576 A. Fleming tr. Cicero in Panoplie Epist. 12 The loue of good men, obteined through his behauiour in the protectourship of the people.
1658 G. Swinhoe Unhappy Fair Irene sig. Av She..doth commit..Her Self unto the World's Protectorship.
1792 M. Wollstonecraft Vindic. Rights Woman vii. 282 Not the libidinous mockery of gallantry, nor the insolent condescension of protectorship.
1807 J. Robinson Archæol. Græca i. xii. 51 Minerva, contending with Neptune for the protectorship of Athens.
1866 J. Bryce Holy Rom. Empire (new ed.) xx. 397 Napoleon found that the protectorship of the church strengthened his position in France.
1909 Evening Times (Cumberland, Maryland) 3 July Count Zeppelin intends to make an effort to reach the north pole in his airship. The emperor accepted protectorship over the undertaking.
1997 B. Wagner I'm losing You (1998) 208 Why wasn't she arranging for her child's protectorship in the world, after she was gone?
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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