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governorship|ˈgʌvənəʃɪp|
[f. governor + -ship.]
1. The office of a governor.
1658Bramhall Schisme garded xii. §1. 216 His [the Pope's] First Movership and his First Governourship, are but generall unsignificant Termes. 1663Pepys Diary 29 Apr., He ought to have expected and had the governorship upon the death or removal of the former governor. 1828P. Cunningham N.S. Wales (ed. 3) II. 236 His merits could not have raised him to a governorship quite so quickly, unless he had founded a governorship himself. 1859Lang Wand. India 364, I want the governorship..at the Cape. 1884Law Times 20 Sept. LXXVII. 346/2 Mr. Lloyd, the late warder in charge, having been promoted to the governorship of Huntingdon prison.
2. The exercise or tenure of the office of governor.
1644Prynne & Walker Fiennes's Trial 31 His Governourship of Bristoll, was the foundation of the impeachment. 1812L. Hunt in Examiner 21 Sept. 602/1 This Foundation has..attracted some..attention, with respect to its governorship and economy. 1888B. W. Richardson Son of Star III. ix. 139 He hates governorship, and yet he continues to govern. 1891S. C. Scrivener Our Fields & Cities 75 How do they reconcile governorship of ten cities with Christian virtues if the governor Herod was properly called a fox? |