captainshipn.
1. The office, position, authority or rank of a captain; commandership; leadership.
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c1465 Eng. Chron. (Camd. Soc.) 79 To dyscharge hym [Capteyn of Caleys] of the capteynshyppe.
1495 Act 11 Hen. VII c. 33 §25 The Captainshippe of the Castell of Aberwstoyth.
1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 234 He was putte from the capitaineship of a compaignie of horsemen.
1643 W. Prynne Soveraigne Power Parl. ii. 63 The Earle of Warwick was elected to the Captainship of Calice.
1752 T. Carte Gen. Hist. Eng. III. 223 The captainship of the Scotch Guards.
1841 W. Spalding Italy & Ital. Islands II. 150 A still more terrible host, called the Great Company..then under the captainship of Lando, a German.
2. The dignity or personality of a captain. humorous; cf. lordship n. 3b.
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1611 L. Barry Ram-Alley iii. sig. E2v Is this the fittest place, Your Captaineship can find to puff in!
1612 G. Chapman Widdowes Teares v. sig. K4 Your Captainship commands my seruice no further.
c1817 J. Hogg Tales & Sketches VI. 154 I advise your lordship, your captainship, and your besiegership.
3. A district under the rule of a captain.[transl. Spanish & Portuguese capitania.]
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society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > territory under a governor or official > [noun] > under a captain
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1680 R. Morden Geogr. Rectified (1685) 258 The Portugueses enjoy..the Captainships of Para, etc.
1825 C. Waterton Wanderings in S. Amer. ii. ii. 173 He has been shot south of the line, in the captainship of Para.
4. Skill in performing the part of captain or leader, ‘skill in the military trade’ (Johnson).
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a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) iii. xiii. 8 The itch of his Affection should not then Haue nickt his Captain-ship . View more context for this quotation
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