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ˈrulership
[f. ruler n.1 + -ship.]
1. a. The position, office, or quality of a ruler; sovereignty, rule.
1648Hexham ii, Drossaertschap, Rulership, Presidencie over a Country, Jurisdiction, or Shriefship. 1975F. Heer Charlemagne xv. 225 The Emperor dreamed that a man came to him with a present from God, a sword symbolising rulership.
1863Hawthorne Our Old Home (1883) I. 37 They were..wholly destitute of..law or rulership of any description. 1889H. Drummond Trop. Africa iv. 74 One of their own number was elevated to the rulership.
b. The reign of a person.
1890Talmage From Manger to Throne 116 The disputes and bloody events which had distinguished the rulership of Herod.
c. Rulers collectively.
1964Listener 11 June 945/2 The emergence of a professional Civil Service alongside an increasingly amateur political rulership.
2. A province; a government.
1893Edin. Rev. Apr. 370 There were some minor rulerships over which China exercised a disputable jurisdiction. 1894Sir A. C. Lyall Brit. Domin. India x. 170 Fragmentary states..trampled under the feet of hardier rulerships. |