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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


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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

It was during the mastership of Philip of Naploos, that King Almeric, at the instigation of the Master of the Hospital, and in violation of a solemn treaty, undertook an unprosperous expedition into Egypt.

From Secret Societies of the Middle Ages by Thomas Keightley

Here was a desperate call for moral mastership.

From Abraham Lincoln's Cardinal Traits; A Study in Ethics, with an Epilogue Addressed to Theologians by Clark S. Beardslee

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