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ˈumpireship Also 6 umpeere-, 6–7 umpier-. [f. umpire n.] The office of umpire, or the discharge of this; umpirage.
1565Harding Confut. Apol. i. ix. 31 We refuse not tharbitrement and vmpireship of the holy ghost. 1567Jewel Def. Apol. 65 Ye saie, ye refuse not the Umpeereship, and iudgemente of the Holy Ghoste. 1613Jackson Creed ii. xxvii. §4. 431 Tyrannicall claime of soueraigntie, and imperiall vmpiership over all other Churches. 1819Moore Mem. (1853) II. 264, I..was proceeding to talk to him about our joint umpireship on Byron's poem. 1869Daily News 26 May, He withdrew from the umpireship of a dog show because he objected to the admission of mutilated dogs. |