protectorship

Example Sentences

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But by the time of Annie Leibovitz’s protectorship her self-image had changed.

From The New Yorker • Sep. 16, 2019

Somerset, at last, was obliged to resign his protectorship; and Warwick, who had suppressed the rebellion, formed the chief of a new council of regency.

From A Modern History, From the Time of Luther to the Fall of Napoleon For the Use of Schools and Colleges by Lord, John

Then to accept his family's protectorship and hospitality for that same end was even more obnoxious.

From Uncle Terry A Story of the Maine Coast by Munn, Charles Clark

On their journey, the Roman envoys sent to assume the office of protectorship remonstrated with Philip.

From Ancient Rome : from the earliest times down to 476 A. D. by Pennell, Robert Franklin

How now, Numps! almost tired in your protectorship? overparted, overparted?”

From Shakespeare, Ben Jonson, Beaumont and Fletcher by Coleridge, Samuel Taylor