sergeantshipserjeantshipn.
/ˈsɑːdʒəntˌʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈsɑrdʒəntˌʃɪp/ The office of a sergeant or a serjeant, in various senses.
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society > law > legal profession > lawyer > [noun] > counsellor, barrister, or advocate > serjeant > position of
sergeantship1450
coifa1529
sergeancya1670
society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer by rank > [noun] > sergeant > position of
sergeantry1426
sergeancy1814
sergeantship1909
1450 Rolls of Parl. V. 197/2 Theyre Fees of Serjauntship atte armes.
1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 33 §11 The offices of Sergeauntshippe of the Pese and [etc.].
1584 in 10th Rep. Royal Comm. Hist. MSS (1885) App. v. 436 The office of Sariantship.
1825 W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1826) I. 157 His serjeantship being denoted by the coif.
1909 Essex Rev. XVIII. 71 The persons they thought of appointing to serjeantship or corporalship.
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