constable
noun
an officer of the peace, having police and minor judicial functions, usually in a small town, rural district, etc.
constableship
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a word derived from
constable.
Example Sentences
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So was his father, who rose from the mines to a constableship.
From Time Magazine Archive
John de Beverle and Robert Corby likewise had the constableship of the castle of Ledes.
From Chaucer's Official Life by James Root Hulbert
Edward III. bestowed its constableship upon the earls of Chester, and here Richard II. surrendered to Bolingbroke.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 5 "Fleury, Claude" to "Foraker" by Various
Were it not for this constableship which the Earl of Salisbury hath bestowed upon us we could scarce uphold the state which is fitting to our degree.
From The White Company by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
In 1377 he was granted the constableship of Nottingham Castle for life.
From Chaucer's Official Life by James Root Hulbert
