protectoraladj.n.
/prəˈtɛkt(ə)rəl/, /prəˈtɛkt(ə)rl̩/, U.S. /prəˈtɛkt(ə)rəl/ A. adj.
Of, relating to, or characteristic of a protector or a protectorate.Used esp. with reference to the Cromwellian Protectorate.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > regent > [adjective]
protectoral1657
regental1853
society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > head of government > [adjective] > of or relating to protector of 1653-9
protectorly1654
protectoral1657
Protectorian1659
protectorial1743
1657 Narr. Late Parl. 27 Less burthensome and chargable to the people then the instrument of Protectorall Government, or the present Government.
1737 J. Kelly tr. P. Rapin de Thoyras Hist. Eng. III. 30 Cromwell expected this parliament..would confirm his protectoral dignity, and that the confirmation of a free parliament would stop the mouths of his enemies.
1798 Monthly Rev. 25 503 This body, during the civil wars, and during the protectoral republic, fostered an excessive zeal for regal power.
1817 Times 11 Jan. 3/2 Even the Royalists..would be consoled by..the getting rid of the protectoral influence employed of late here by the Court of St. Petersburgh.
1857 N.-Y. Daily Times 6 Feb. 4/3 Prussia claimed protectoral rights over Neufchatel.
1885 Athenæum 22 Aug. 232 The notices of the Commonwealth and Protectoral taxation are good and trustworthy.
1932 J. F. Rippy Hist. Evolution Hispanic Amer. xiii. 306 In the case of Cuba and Panama, the protectoral relationship [with the United States] was defined by treaties ratified..during a previous period.
1959 Eng. Hist. Rev. 74 420 Cromwell's constitution called for 400 English representatives plus thirty from each Scotland and Ireland, thus making the protectoral parliament larger than any of the revolutionary proposals but smaller than the pre-revolutionary parliament.
1999 Independent (Nexis) 3 Feb. 1 Cromwell made the protectoral style as close to the royal as he could—using many of the art treasures of Charles I at Hampton Court.
= protectorate n. 1. Obsolete. rare.
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society > authority > rule or government > a or the system of government > systems governed by person or body > [noun] > by a protector
protectoral1661
protectorate1662
society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > a or the government > head of government > [noun] > protector during Commonwealth of 1653-9 > office of
protectorship1659
protectoral1661
protectorate1662
1661 J. Davies Civil Warres 366 With the dissolving of this Parliament was an Exit likewise given to the Protectorall.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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