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单词 stewardship
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stewardshipn.

Brit. /ˈstjuːədʃɪp/, /ˈstʃuːədʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈst(j)uərdˌʃɪp/
Etymology: < steward n. + -ship suffix.
1. The office of steward; also figurative.
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society > authority > delegated authority > one having delegated or derived authority > [noun] > steward or bailiff in charge of another's property > position of
graveship1460
stewardship1465
1465 in Manners & Househ. Expenses Eng. (1841) 178 Item, the bayly off Hadley owyth hym ffor hys ffe off the stewardsheppe off the same town.
1491 Act 7 Hen. VII c. 20 §8 Any Stiward~shippes offices fees wages or annuities..to him graunted.
1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II iii. iii. 77 Shew vs the hand of God That hath dismist vs from our Stewardship . View more context for this quotation
1601 J. Marston et al. Iacke Drums Entertainm. i. sig. A4v No, I do loue my Girles should wish me liue, Which fewe do wish that haue a greedy Syre: But still expect and gape with hungry lip, When heele giue vp his gowtie stewardship.
1709 F. Atterbury Serm. Sons of Clergy Ded. sig. A3v There are, I believe, Two hundred Persons now living, who have gone before You in the Stewardship.
1839 John Bull 11 Aug. 382/2 A new writ was..issued for Perth, in the room of Mr. Kinnaird, who vacated by accepting a stewardship of the Chiltern Hundreds.
1862 E. M. Goulburn Thoughts Pers. Relig. (1871) i. iv. 41 Each one of us has a stewardship somewhere in the great social system.
1886 Manch. Examiner 1 Oct. 5/3 At a meeting of the Jockey Club..H. W. Fitzwilliam was appointed as successor in the stewardship to the Marquis of Londonderry.
1907 Outlook 19 Jan. 91/1 The origin and development of the Stewardship of England.
2.
a. Conduct of the office of steward; administration, management, control.
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society > authority > delegated authority > action or function of a delegate or deputy > [noun] > management on behalf of another or stewardship
bailliec1305
bailieshipc1375
dispensingc1380
dispensationc1384
dispending1388
procuracya1425
procuration1484
umboth1509
stewardship1526
proctorship1535
stewarding1548
bailiwick1550
farmership1551
factory1560
agency1600
bailiffwick1605
agentship1608
factorage1639
proctorage1641
oeconomacy1651
soliciting1663
stewartrya1763
factordom1888
1526 Bible (Tyndale) Luke xvi. f. ciij Geve a comptes off thy steward shippe.
1684 J. Norris Poems & Disc. 46 Among all the Talents which are committed to our Stewardship, Time..is the most precious.
1791 W. Cowper tr. Homer Iliad in Iliad & Odyssey I. xix. 52 Those who held In stewardship the food.
1915 Morning Post 22 Dec. 4/4 We want further such a stewardship of the economic resources of the country as will enable us to lift and to carry the financial burden.
b. Ecclesiastical. The responsible use of resources, esp. money, time, and talents, in the service of God; spec. the organized pledging of specific amounts of money etc. to be given regularly to the Church. Also attributive.
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society > faith > worship > benefice > other financial matters > [noun] > stewardship
stewardship1899
1899 C. M. Sheldon (title) His brother's keeper; or, Christian stewardship.
1931 D. W. P. Strang Stud. Christian Stewardship i. 4 The philosophy of Stewardship can claim no less an authorship than that of our Lord Himself.
1938 H. Gerlinger Money Raising vi. 98 This lack of development of a social consciousness on the part of students is clearly due to the fact that practically no systematic effort is made to implant the idea of stewardship in undergraduates.
1950 Christian Cent. 22 Nov. 1392/2 There is only one legitimate answer to the financial problem..to..teach our people to practice Christian stewardship.
1951 National Council Outlook May 12/1 The delegates asked for consolidation of stewardship and fund-raising efforts in the Council.
1959 Christian Stewardship of Money i. 5 The movement..has broadened out into an attempt to recover and to teach the principles of the right Christian attitude towards the use of money. For want of a less archaic word this attitude is called ‘Stewardship’.
1980 Oxf. Diocesan Mag. May 15/3 The book deals with man's attitude to the natural world in general and his Christian stewardship in relation to its resources.
attributive.1931 D. W. P. Strang Stud. Christian Stewardship i. 5 The Stewardship movement has..developed momentum mainly in the New World.1942 Christian Cent. 1 July 829/1 (heading) United stewardship campaign might go even further.1962 P. Ferris Church of Eng. ix. 175 Stewardship advisers..were soon appointed in most dioceses.1979 Oxf. Diocesan Mag. Dec. 9/2 Stewardship campaigns are essentially teaching missions.1979 Oxf. Diocesan Mag. Dec. 10/1 Pastoral reorganisation and the stewardship movement have worked together to foster a sense of responsibility in parishes.
3. Used for stewartry n. 1. Obsolete.
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society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > territory under a governor or official > [noun] > under a steward in Scotland
stewartry1473
stewarty1610
stewardship1796
1796 J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. (new ed.) II. 97 Scotland is divided into 31 shires and two stewardships.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1916; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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