单词 | governorship |
释义 | governorshipn. Chiefly in senses relating to governor n. 6. 1. The office or position of governor. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > [noun] > position of governorship1549 governmentship1615 ethnarchy1641 residentship1794 proconsulate1795 proconsulship1807 seneschalsy1898 1549 Thexamination of Haryngton in S. Haynes Coll. State Papers Ld. Burghley (1740) 82 If it were offred unto hym to have either thone or thother, menyng the Protectorship or Governorship, he would wish therthe openid and swalow hym, if he wold take it. 1578 T. Nicholas tr. F. Lopez de Gómara Pleasant Hist. Conquest W. India 69 He..dyd desyst from all rule and offices whiche heretofore he had receiued, which was his gouernership, captaineship and general discouerer. 1663 S. Pepys Diary 29 Apr. (1971) IV. 116 He ought to have expected and had the Governorship upon the death or removall of the former governor. 1753 R. Johnson Statutes & Ordinances Schools Oakham & Uppingham 5 My right Heir Male.., if he be of full Age when his next Ancestor died, and that there be a Governorship void, shall be then actually a Governor. 1827 P. Cunningham Two Years New S. Wales II. xxix. 242 His merits could not have raised him to a governorship quite so quickly, unless he had founded a governorship himself. 1859 J. Lang Wanderings in India 364 I want the governorship..at the Cape. 1884 Law Times 20 Sept. 346/2 Mr. Lloyd, the late warder in charge, having been promoted to the governorship of Huntingdon prison. 1925 Amer. Mercury Feb. 170/1 He was renominated for the governorship by the regular Democracy. 1968 G. Daws Shoal of Time iii. 87 The chiefs decided to take the governorship away from her. 2002 Washington Times (Nexis) 24 Mar. a5 Over the past decade, Republicans have held governorships throughout the Midwest. 2. The exercise of the office of governor; (also) the action or manner of governing; governance. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > [noun] > position of > tenure of governorship1575 1575 A. Golding tr. Iustification Prince of Orendge 126 To whom the Commission of this cace is directed in respect of his Gouernershyp and Capteinship generall ouer the low Countreys. 1644 W. Prynne & C. Walker True Relation Prosecution N. Fiennes 31 His Governourship of Bristoll, was the foundation of the impeachment. 1759 J. Ilive Scheme Employment Persons sent to Clerkenwell 67 The governorship of this gaol belongs only to their worships. 1812 L. Hunt in Examiner 21 Sept. 602/1 This Foundation has..attracted some..attention, with respect to its governorship and economy. 1888 B. W. Richardson Son of Star III. ix. 139 He hates governorship, and yet he continues to govern. 1952 Crisis Dec. 652/1 The robbery of African lands which commenced on a large scale during the governorship of Sir Charles Elliot..has latterly been authorized by the Kenya Crown Lands Ordinance. 1997 G. R. Ariyoshi With Obligation to All xiv. 197 For more than six years his governorship was met with acclaim. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1549 |
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