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

However this may be, the woman's kin exercises, primâ facie, some kind of protectorship.

From Kinship Organisations and Group Marriage in Australia by Thomas, Northcote Whitridge

You have only to prove the offense and the right of protectorship, and I shall be at your service.

From To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)

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 Gissing, George

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