colonelshipn.
/ˈkəːnəlʃɪp/ archaic.
= colonelcy n. Also, the personality of a colonel: cf. lordship n. 3a.
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lieutenant-colonelcy1797
colonelcy1864
1591 W. Garrard & R. Hitchcock Arte of Warre 151 The rest of the ensigne bearers under his collonnelship.
1598 J. Florio Worlde of Wordes Colonellato, a coronell-ship, the office of a coronell.
1629 tr. S. Pelegromius Descr. S'hertogenbosh 23 The Coronelship..is giuen vnto Count Maurits.
1633 P. Massinger New Way to pay Old Debts iii. ii. sig. G1v Spite of his Lordship, and his Collonelship.
a1733 J. Swift Irish Tracts in Wks. (1941) 192 Colonelship was coming fast upon him.
1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia II. ix. ii. 405 For all his gravity and Colonelship, it would appear the old spirit of frolic has not quitted him.
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