单词 | mayorship |
释义 | mayorshipn. 1. The position or office of mayor; the fact of being a mayor. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > municipal magistrate > [noun] > chief magistrate or mayor > position of mayoralty1387 portreeveship1467 mayorship1476 mayorhood1556 mayordom1566 mayoraltyship1582 chair1682 Lord Mayoralty1763 1476 in J. B. Paul Registrum Magni Sigilli Scotorum (1882) II. 253/2 Terras de Combry..unacum officio de le mareschip de Stratherne. 1485 Rolls of Parl. VI. 357/1 The Offices of Maireshipp of Glawdstre in Radmoresland. 1544 in E. D. Dunbar Moray Documents (1895) 67 The service of the foresaid office of Mairship vseit and wont to Marie Queen of Scotts. 1578 in W. H. Turner Select. Rec. Oxf. (1880) 395 Suche parsons as have borne thoffice of Mayorshippe. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Mairie, a Maiordome, or Maiorship; the office, or place of a Maior, or of a village-Maior. 1801 A. Ranken Hist. France I. 259 Clotaire consented to confirm him for life in his mayorship. 1870 O. Logan Before Footlights 260 It is with pride that I refer to the election of John A. Rice, Esq. to the mayorship of Chicago. 1992 R. Anaya Albuquerque v. 61 She moved to patch the wounds of the bitter race that had gained her the mayorship. 2. A mock title of respect for a mayor; used as a form of address preceded by a possessive adjective, as your mayorship. rare. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social class > nobility > title > title or form of address for persons of rank > [noun] > mock title sir1362 Mas'1575 gallantship1579 elderberriness1589 excelsitude1599 bellyship1600 rascalship1605 madamship1620 muttonship1632 merchantshipa1640 minxshipa1640 prerogativeship1645 fairship1647 mayorship1648 his tallness1656 curship1663 goodyship1663 Mamamouchi1672 lowness1687 ghostship?1689 lairdship1715 grandship1747 supremacy1766 honourableship1767 beautyship1772 gravityship1772 titularity1777 lordship1800 ethereality1806 elegancy1819 king1823 accidency1830 transparency1844 1648 Mercurius Melancholicus 1–8 Jan. 110 Is not his Mayre-shipp a gallant Man? 1821 W. Scott Pirate III. vii. 164 If it please your noble Mayorship's honour and glory. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2001; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1476 |
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