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

What they did see was that he at once assumed a fatherly protectorship over his little niece, and she became his sole charge and care in life.

From Rockhaven by Munn, Charles Clark

Waller, the poet, who was bred at King's College, wrote a fine panegyric on Cromwell, when he assumed the protectorship.

From The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings by Lemon, Mark

York after a struggle secured the protectorship, and for the next year ruled England.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various

But if, before kinship was reckoned at all, this protectorship were exercised for the benefit of the children, we clearly have a possible cause of matriliny.

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