keepershipn.
/ˈkiːpəʃɪp/ The office or position of a keeper.
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keepership1530
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ridership1821
1530 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 67 Richard Edys, nowe Keper of Bockardowe, to enjoy the kepershippe of Bocardowe.
1627 Ld. Mansfield Let. 24 Jan. in C. H. Firth Life W. Cavendish Duke of Newcastle (1886) (modernized text) App. 322 Since I am not repaired in the Keepership.
1825 J. Bentham Observ. Mr. Peel's Speech 37 The keepership of the prison named after his judicatory [sc. the King's Bench].
1880 Antiquary May 227/1 The keepership of the mineralogical department of the British Museum.
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