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mastership

American  
[mas-ter-ship, mah-ster-] / ˈmæs tərˌʃɪp, ˈmɑ stər- /

noun

  1. the office, function, or authority of a master.

  2. control; command.

    to have mastership over one's desires.

  3. mastery, as of a subject.

  4. expert skill or knowledge.

    He played with the mastership of a devoted musician.


Etymology

Origin of mastership

late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; see origin at master, -ship


Example Sentences

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In 1972, Russell was still lionized for his Senate mastership and his leadership of the Senate Armed Services Committee during the Cold War.

From Washington Times ● Jan. 3, 2022

Snow’s “The Masters” makes heavy weather of an election to fill the vacant mastership of a college at Cambridge University.

From Washington Post ● Nov. 22, 2016

The November issue contains a lengthy report on canine activity under the mastership of Presidents since 1951.

From Time Magazine Archive

Later, discovering his dual gift of past mastership in potato frying and coffee making, the camp gave him vogue.

From The City of Numbered Days by Francis Lynde

The Franciscans declared that the inquisitor who started it would be deprived of his office and mastership in theology.

From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Henry Charles Lea

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