释义 |
ˈcourtiership [f. as prec. + -ship.] The practice or position of a courtier.
1556T. Hoby tr. Castiglione's Courtyer ii. (1561) L iv, The Count..entreated upon Courtyership so copiously. 1611G. H. Anti-Coton To Rdr. 2 Knowing better what belongs to points of Courtiership, than Schollership. 1879F. Hall in N.Y. Nation XXXVIII. 219/1 Promotion was perhaps oftener due to adroit courtiership than bestowed as the reward of desert. |