retainership

[ri-tey-ner-ship]

noun

the condition of being a retainer or of having retainers.

Origin of retainership

First recorded in 1560–70; retainer¹ + -ship

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Examples from the Web for retainership

Historical Examples of retainership

They had settled upon the Prince of India in a kind of retainership.
The Prince of India, Volume II
Lew. Wallace