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
Samuel Barmby, joyous in his protectorship of two young ladies, for he regarded Horace as a mere boy, bustled about them whilst they stood waiting for the arrival of the Westminster car.
From In the Year of Jubilee by George Gissing
They supposed that he sought to make the protectorship hereditary in his family.
From The History of England from the First Invasion by the Romans to the Accession of King George the Fifth Volume 8 by Hilaire Belloc
The word here translated "Vicegerency" is, in the original Arabic, "viláyat", which has a range of meanings including "vicegerency", "guardianship", "protectorship" and "successorship".
From The Kitáb-i-Aqdas by Bahá'u'lláh
Waller, and Sprat, and Cowley had equally commemorated the protectorship of Cromwell and the restoration of Charles.
From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Isaac Disraeli
