retainership

[ ri-tey-ner-ship ]

/ rɪˈteɪ nərˌʃɪp /

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noun

the condition of being a retainer or of having retainers.

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Origin of retainership

First recorded in 1560–70; retainer¹ + -ship

They were familiar with exacting modes of personal retainership, which merged the followers freedom in his lords will.
The Mediaeval Mind (Volume I of II)|Henry Osborn Taylor
They had settled upon the Prince of India in a kind of retainership.
The Prince of India, Volume II|Lew. Wallace