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retainership

[ ri-tey-ner-ship ]

noun

  1. the condition of being a retainer or of having retainers.

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Word History and Origins

Origin of retainership1

First recorded in 1560–70; retainer 1 + -ship

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Example Sentences

They were familiar with exacting modes of personal retainership, which merged the followers freedom in his lords will.

They had settled upon the Prince of India in a kind of retainership.

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