单词 | viziership |
释义 | viziershipn. 1. The office or function of a vizier; rule or government as a grand vizier. Also transferred. Cf. vizierate n. 1. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > head of government > [noun] > vizier or grand vizier > position or (period of) office of viziership1655 vizierate1687 1655 in E. Nicholas Nicholas Papers (1892) II. 344 [There are] perhaps others in other courts, that aime at a Viziership in Christendome to the height of that in Turky. 1768 Boyer's Royal Dict. (rev. ed.) at Visirat (Office de Visir), Visiership. 1824 New Monthly Mag. 10 523 The viziership of the Prince of Peace. 1840 New Monthly Mag. 58 183 It is our gracious intention to promote you to the viziership. 1878 J. R. Seeley Life & Times Stein II. 456 Unnecessary odium falls upon him, and his power gets the appearance of a Vizirship. 2. = vizierate n. 2. rare. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > territory under a governor or official > [noun] > under a vizier viziership1715 wazirship1715 vizierate1876 wazirate1885 1715 J. Stevens tr. Hist. Persia 163 Dividing them [sc. his dominions] all into four Wazir, or Vizierships, that is, Governments. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1920; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1655 |
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