stadtholdership
- a word derived from stadtholder.
Example Sentences
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"Just tell me, you wise and prudent deputies from Cleves, what advantage can accrue to you from the stadtholdership of the Electoral Prince?" asked the Elector hastily.
From The Youth of the Great Elector by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)
Holland calls itself a republic, which is chiefly aristocratical, with an hereditary stadtholdership.
From Writings of Thomas Paine — Volume 2 (1779-1792): the Rights of Man by Conway, Moncure Daniel
In his father's lifetime he had been his associate in the office of Stadtholder; now, his father being no more, he claimed the stadtholdership in the Mark as his lawful heritage.
From The Youth of the Great Elector by Mühlbach, L. (Luise)
It is remarked by Sir William Temple, ``that in the intermissions of the stadtholdership, Holland, by her riches and her authority, which drew the others into a sort of dependence, supplied the place.''
From The Federalist Papers by Madison, James
Count William Lewis of Nassau-Siegen, nephew and son-in-law of William the Silent, was chosen stadtholder, and through all the vicissitudes of the 17th and 18th centuries the stadtholdership was held by one of his descendants.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various
