foundershipn.
/ˈfaʊndəʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈfaʊndərˌʃɪp/ The position of a founder.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > initiating or causing to begin > [noun] > institution or founding > one who or that which founds or establishes > office or condition of
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plantershipa1603
1566 Abp. M. Parker Let. 4 Jan. in Corr. (1853) (modernized text) 252 I would wish a better in his place to govern the house, and he to hold him in his foundership if he will.
a1642 R. Callis Reading of Statute of Sewers (1647) v. 223 Many Inheritances I found in reason freed from these Taxes and Lays, as Tythes in Spiritual hands..Presentations, Founderships.
1841 Fraser's Mag. 23 92 There seems to be a patriotic schism..as to the foundership of the Temperance societies.
1869 Contemp. Rev. 12 67 It..harmonizes with his foundership of the Olympic games.
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