Etymology
Origin of mastership
late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; 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
In 1738 Dawes was appointed to the mastership of the grammar school, Newcastle-on-Tyne, combined with that of St Mary’s hospital.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 10 "David, St" to "Demidov" by Various
It was during his mastership, that Geoffrey, the Knight Templar, and Hugh of Cæsarea, were sent on an embassy into Egypt, and had an interview with the Caliph.
From The History of the Knights Templars, the Temple Church, and the Temple by Addison, Charles G.
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