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

The German Empire had lost all of its Italian possessions, which were now grouped together into a Cisalpine Republic, under the protectorship of France.

From A Short History of Germany by Parmele, Mary Platt

A protectorship will be proposed within a week.”

From The Traitors 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

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