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viziership|vɪˈzɪəʃɪp|
Also 8 visier-, 9 vizirship.
[f. vizier + -ship.]
1. The office or function of a vizier; rule or government as a grand vizier. Also transf. Cf. vizierate 1.
1655Nicholas Papers (Camden) II. 344 [There are] perhaps others in other courts, that aime at a Viziership in Christendome to the height of that in Turky. 1719Boyer, Visirat, (Office de Visir), Visiership. 1824New Monthly Mag. X. 523 The viziership of the Prince of Peace. 1840Ibid. LVIII. 183 It is our gracious intention to promote you to the viziership. 1878Seeley Stein II. 456 Unnecessary odium falls upon him, and his power gets the appearance of a Vizirship.
2. = vizierate 2. rare—1.
1715J. Stevens Hist. Persia 163 Dividing them [sc. his dominions] all into four Wazir, or Vizierships, that is, Governments. |