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单词 grandmastership
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grandmastershipn.

Brit. /ˌɡran(d)ˈmɑːstəʃɪp/, /ˌɡran(d)ˈmastəʃɪp/, U.S. /ˌɡræn(d)ˈmæstərˌʃɪp/
Forms: see grand master n. and -ship suffix.; also as two words and with capital initial(s).
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: grand master n., -ship suffix.
Etymology: < grand master n. + -ship suffix. Compare mastership n.
The office or position of grand master (grand master n.).
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society > armed hostility > warrior > member of order of knights, etc. > [noun] > master of > position of
grandmastership1602
1602 F. Herring Discov. Stratagems in tr. J. Oberndorf Anatomyes True Physition 36 Who wil take vpon him to set Hyppocrates and Galen to Schoole, as simple & rude fellows in respect of his graund-Maistership.
1672 E. Ashmole Inst. Order of Garter v. 91 The Grand Mastership of St. Lazarus, and the Commanderies thereunto belonging,..were conferred upon Emanuel Philebert Duke of Savoy.
1764 J. Sayer tr. S. von Pufendorf & M. Martiniere Introd. Hist. Principal States Europe (new ed.) II. x. 274 Henry Dusener of Pomerania was successful against the Lithuanians: But he in the Year 1351 abdicated the Grand Mastership.
1769 W. Robertson Hist. Charles V II. i. 6 She bequeathed to him [sc. Ferdinand]..the grand masterships of the three military orders.
1844 J. R. Lowell Legend of Brittany 44 He had spared no thought's or deed's expense, That by and by might help his wish to clip Its darling bride,—the high grandmastership.
1882 P. Schaff et al. Relig. Encycl. I. 49 King Ferdinand now united the grand-masterships of St. James, Calatrava, and Alcantara to the crown.
1939 A. Waley Three Ways of Thought in Anc. China 134 I intend to confer the Grand Mastership upon T'ien Hsiang-tzu, in the land of Sung.
1999 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 17 Mar. b4 Before him was grandmastership, his life's goal.
2004 T. Wallace-Murphy & M. Hopkins Templars in Amer. iii. xiv. 204 The St. Clairs of Roslin retained their hereditary grandmastership of the guilds.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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