Etymology
Origin of mastership
late Middle English word dating back to 1375–1425; see origin at master, -ship
Example Sentences
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In 1972, Russell was still lionized for his Senate mastership and his leadership of the Senate Armed Services Committee during the Cold War.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 3, 2022
Snow’s “The Masters” makes heavy weather of an election to fill the vacant mastership of a college at Cambridge University.
From Washington Post ● Nov. 22, 2016
The November issue contains a lengthy report on canine activity under the mastership of Presidents since 1951.
From Time Magazine Archive
The main object Dee had in view was the mastership of St. Cross’s Hospital, which Elizabeth had formerly promised him.
From Witch, Warlock, and Magician Historical Sketches of Magic and Witchcraft in England and Scotland by Adams, W. H. Davenport (William Henry Davenport)
The Franciscans declared that the inquisitor who started it would be deprived of his office and mastership in theology.
From A History of The Inquisition of The Middle Ages; volume II by Lea, Henry Charles
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