voivodeshipn.
1. The district or province governed by a voivode.
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society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > territory under a governor or official > [noun] > under a waywode
waywodeship1684
voivodeship1792
waywode1833
1792 J. Morse Amer. Geogr. (1794) 662 Great Poland..is subdivided into 12 districts, called woiwodships.
1793 State Papers in Ann. Reg. 228 Following the border of the voivodship of Vilna.
1837 Penny Cycl. VIII. 133/1 Cracow, a republic..formerly part of the woywodship or palatinate of the same name in the Kingdom of Poland.
2. The office or dignity of a voivode.
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society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > governors by country > [noun] > in South-East Europe > position of
voivodeship1886
1886 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 16/2 Multiplying the candidates for the voivodeship.
1886 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 17/2 Serban..was raised to the voivodeship of Walachia.
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