antrustionshipn.
/anˈtrʌstɪənʃɪp/, U.S. /ænˈtrəstiənˌʃɪp/ Medieval History. Now rare.
The position or status of an antrustion.
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1811 B. Barrett Code Napoléon I. p. cxc If approved by the king, he, with his hands between those of the king, promised with an oath to be his trusty man, and to be faithful to him in all things for life: then the king gave him a charter of antrustionship.
1858 E. E. Crowe Hist. France I. i. 9 The Major Domus was..the judge..of all who belonged to the royal household, or who were assimilated to such by antrustionship.
1875 W. Stubbs Constit. Hist. (ed. 2) I. ix. 252 Roth..goes further, connecting the antrustionship with the vassal relation.
1903 E. C. Parsons tr. G. de Tarde Laws of Imitation vi. 240 In the beginning, to be sure, the antrustionship is temporary, but it soon becomes hereditary and proprietary as well.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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