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masterhood|ˈmɑːstəˌhʊd|
[f. master n.1 + -hood.]
The condition or quality of being a master. † good masterhood: patronage.
c1454Paston Lett. I. 284 Thankyng you..of your gret jentylness and good maystyrhod shewyd on to me. a1586Sidney Arcadia i. (1590) 53 Who..(like to childish maisters) thinke their masterhood nothing, without doing iniury to them, who [etc.]. 1637Earl of Monmouth tr. Malvezzi's Romulus & Tarquin 138 A little master-hood seemes enough where there is none at all. 1864D. W. Thompson Daydreams Schoolm. 289 My masterhood slipt off me like a loose robe. 1869Ruskin Q. of Air (1874) 200 There is entire masterhood of its business up to the required point. 1875Scrivener Lect. Text N. Test. 18 To decipher a double palimpsest calls for the masterhood of a Tischendorf. |