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[ truh-stee-ship ] / trʌˈsti ʃɪp / SEE SYNONYMS FOR trusteeship ON THESAURUS.COM
nounLaw. the office or function of a trustee. the administrative control of a territory granted to a country by a body (Trusteeship Council ) of the United Nations. trust territory. Origin of trusteeshipFirst recorded in 1720–30; trustee + -ship Words nearby trusteeshiptrust deed, trustee, trustee in bankruptcy, trustee investment, trustee process, trusteeship, trustful, trust fund, trust hotel, trustification, trusting Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for trusteeshipHis wealth, he understood, was merely a trusteeship, something he'd been granted in order to share. Republicans and the 'Quality of Sodom'|Gershom Gorenberg|July 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST As the property of the First African Church was under the trusteeship of the association, its will had to be respected. The History of the Negro Church|Carter Godwin Woodson The sense of trusteeship thus variously displayed has had a good many sources; let us confine our attention to one of them. Papers and Proceedings of the Twenty-Third General Meeting of the American Library Association|Various To settle and give up my trusteeship is one of the principal motives of my leaving these parts. Clarissa, Volume 4 (of 9)|Samuel Richardson
"I will keep the trusteeship another year," he told the solicitor who came to consult him that morning. The Clue of the Twisted Candle|Edgar Wallace Well, in six months more the old lady's trusteeship of this young lady is to terminate—at least legally.
British Dictionary definitions for trusteeship
nounthe office or function of a trustee - the administration or government of a territory by a foreign country under the supervision of the Trusteeship Council of the United Nations
- (often capital) any such dependent territory; trust territory
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