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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; 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

English philosopher said: “Such a one is the father of such a one; hence he is his master,” and he claims that paternal authority was thus based on the authority of mastership.

From Elements of Morals With Special Application of the Moral Law to the Duties of the Individual and of Society and the State by Janet, Paul

Then he was studying for the mastership, and was back at the training college.

From Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family by Fenn, George Manville