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queenship

[ kween-ship ]

/ ˈkwin ʃɪp /

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noun

the state, office, or dignity of a queen.

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Origin of queenship

First recorded in 1530–40; queen + -ship

Words nearby queenship

Queen's County, queen's English, queen's evidence, Queen's Guide, queen's highway, queenship, Queen's House, queenside, queen-size, Queensland, Queensland arrowroot

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How to use queenship in a sentence

She looked as Eurydice when her captor-King carried her away from earth and gave her instead the queenship of Hell.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 158, February 18th, 1920|Various
The latter phrase brings Her Majesty before us in the grandeur and splendour of her Queenship.
The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians|G. G. Findlay
We humbly thanked her queenship without saying a word, accepting of the noble office she conferred on us.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete.|Francois Rabelais
Then Geber's michelots conducted us, and we were set down among her abstractors, as her queenship had commanded.
Gargantua and Pantagruel, Complete.|Francois Rabelais

Casilda takes no pleasure in this sudden accession to Queenship.
The Secrets of a Savoyard|Henry A. Lytton