throneshipn.
/ˈθrəʊnʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈθroʊnˌʃɪp/ The office, term of office, or jurisdiction of the occupant of a throne; occupancy of a throne, sovereignty. Also: a territory ruled by the occupant of a throne.
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society > authority > [noun] > royal or princely authority
richeeOE
kingdomOE
richdomOE
crownc1175
principalityc1350
realtya1375
regala1375
majestyc1375
thronea1382
sceptre1382
principatec1384
sovereignty1387
regalya1393
diadema1400
regalty?a1400
rialtyc1400
royaltya1425
rialc1425
regalityc1450
rialnessc1450
sovereignityc1560
throneship1599
principatie1677
thronedom?1790
sceptredom1878
1599 T. Nashe Lenten Stuffe 10 That manner of prouostship or gouernment remained in full force and vertue all their fowre Throneships, Alias a hundred yeare.
1846 Church & State Gaz. 24 Dec. 826/2 He bore the same relation to himself in his little feudal throneship as the Lord Chancellor.
1900 H. H. Munro Rise of Russ. Empire ii. 26 The widow of the murdered Prince and his young heir came peaceably into the vacant throneship.
1936 Salt Lake Tribune 28 June 4/2 (headline) Young king of Siam prefers roller skating to throneship.
2007 J. Burke Amer. Connections v. 30 Once Otto reached the age of throneship he spent more time thinking up regulations for chimneysweeps than running cabinet meetings.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2017; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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