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mastership

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[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

Q. Fabius Maximus was chosen, and the mastership of the horse was conferred on M. Minucius.

From The Comic History of Rome by Becket, Gilbert Abbott ?

The quietness of the style is in thorough keeping with the secured tone—one of those happy revelations so difficult to accomplish, yet when once accomplished suggesting, by its inevitable touch, the easy process of mastership.

From Atlantic Narratives Modern Short Stories by Ashe, Elizabeth

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