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guideship Sc.|ˈgaɪdʃɪp| [f. guide n. + -ship.] 1. The office of guide or ruler.
a1578Lindesay (Pitscottie) Chron. Scot. (S.T.S.) I. 284 [They] desyrit him for to come to resaue the autorietie and gydeschip of the contrie. 1843Carlyle Past & Pr. iv. i. 325 A spiritual Guideship, a practical Governorship..have established themselves. 2. The exercise of the office of guide. †a. Guidance, leading (obs.). b. Treatment, usage.
a1693Urquhart's Rabelais iii. xliv. 362 He did..submit himself to the Conduct and Guideship of the blessed Spirit. 1882W. Alexander Life Ain Flk. 18 (E.D.D.) He cudna expeckit better guideship though he hed been ane o' oor nain faimily. |