trusteeship

[ truh-stee-ship ]

/ trʌˈsti ʃɪp /

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noun

Law. the office or function of a trustee.

the administrative control of a territory granted to a country by a body (Trusteeship Council) of the United Nations.

trust territory.

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Nearby words

trustbuster, trustee, trustee in bankruptcy, trustee investment, trustee process, trusteeship, trustful, trustfully, trustification, trusting, trustingly

Origin of trusteeship

First recorded in 1720–30; trustee + -ship

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Examples from the Web for trusteeship

His wealth, he understood, was merely a trusteeship, something he'd been granted in order to share.
Republicans and the 'Quality of Sodom'|Gershom Gorenberg|July 23, 2012|DAILY BEAST
As the property of the First African Church was under the trusteeship of the association, its will had to be respected.
The History of the Negro Church|Carter Godwin Woodson
The sense of trusteeship thus variously displayed has had a good many sources; let us confine our attention to one of them.
Papers and Proceedings of the Twenty-Third General Meeting of the American Library Association|Various
To settle and give up my trusteeship is one of the principal motives of my leaving these parts.
Clarissa, Volume 4 (of 9)|Samuel Richardson

"I will keep the trusteeship another year," he told the solicitor who came to consult him that morning.
The Clue of the Twisted Candle|Edgar Wallace
Well, in six months more the old lady's trusteeship of this young lady is to terminate—at least legally.
Gwen Wynn|Mayne Reid

British Dictionary definitions for trusteeship

trusteeship

/ (trʌˈstiːʃɪp) /

noun

the office or function of a trustee

the administration or government of a territory by a foreign country under the supervision of the Trusteeship Council of the United Nations
(often capital) any such dependent territory; trust territory

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