protectorship

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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

And did he not, in his protectorship, Levy great sums of money through the realm For soldiers' pay in France, and never sent it?

From King Henry VI, Part 2 by Shakespeare, William

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)

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

She also agreed to pay one hundred millions of francs to France, and to permit the formation of a new Confederation of the smaller German States, which should be placed under the protectorship of Napoleon.

From A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day by Taylor, Bayard