protectorship
- a word derived from protector.
Example Sentences
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But by the time of Annie Leibovitz’s protectorship her self-image had changed.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 16, 2019
You have only to prove the offense and the right of protectorship, and I shall be at your service.
From To Win the Love He Sought The Great Awakening: Volume 3 by Oppenheim, E. Phillips (Edward Phillips)
I have heard him called inconstant of purpose—when he deserted, for the sake of love, the hope of sovereignty, and when he abdicated the protectorship of England, men blamed his infirmity of purpose.
From The Last Man by Shelley, Mary Wollstonecraft
Waller, the poet, who was bred at King's College, wrote a fine panegyric on Cromwell, when he assumed the protectorship.
From The Jest Book The Choicest Anecdotes and Sayings by Lemon, Mark
I have assigned two hundred pesos additional salary to the eight hundred of the protectorship to Don Luis Arias de Mora; for, in addition to exercising this office, he is the archbishop’s counselor.
