ruleshipn.
/ˈruːlʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈrulˌʃɪp/ = rulership n. 1.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > [noun] > position or function of
regimenta1393
rectorshipa1616
government1617
rulership1625
ruleship1654
ealdormanry1870
governorate1939
1654 R. Vilvain tr. Enchiridium Epigr. ii. xxiii. f. 32 Romulus for ruleship [L. ut regnet] did Remus slay.
1677 W. Hughes Man of Sin ii. 192 A man would think by this, that Scriptures and Traditions..equally shared the Ruleship in the Popish World betwixt them.
1856 C. Roger Rise of Canada I. iii. 249 An Act was passed in General Brock's ruleship.
1886 Prophetic Stud. Internat. Prophetic Conf. 6/1 The release from his tyrannous ruleship.
1922 W. H. Lannin Hist. Rev. Order Knights Hospitallers ii. 39 Cæsar gave imperial ruleship ere he died to his sons, Valentinian and Valens.
2002 M. D. Barr Cultural Politics & Asian Values i. ii. 12 He was lecturing on the superiority of wangdao (the way of the ethical monarch and peaceful ruleship) over badao (the unethical and violent way).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2011; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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