commandership
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Canceled by King George VI was the honorary commandership of the Order of the British Empire awarded in 1929 to Norwegian Major Vidkun Quisling.
From Time Magazine Archive
For his valour on the latter occasion he received the rank of general of brigade and the commandership of the Legion of Honour.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" by Various
M. de Freycinet, another civilian, served under Gambetta as a sort of Chief of the General Staff, and the energetic, but dilettante, commandership exercised by these gentlemen cost France very dear.
From The Franco-German War of 1870-71 by Helmuth, Count
Admiral Darling was now so busy, and so continually called from home by the duties of his commandership, that he could not fairly be expected to call upon Mr. Caryl Carne.
From Springhaven : a Tale of the Great War by Blackmore, R. D. (Richard Doddridge)
It was clear, however, that Clifford attributed his commandership to his merits, and he was very conscious of his great responsibility.
From The Most Sentimental Man by Smith, Evelyn E.
And to effect this was the one object of all his many commanderships and his long political course; as he thought this the only means to make them a match for their foreign enemies.
From Plutarch: Lives of the noble Grecians and Romans by Clough, Arthur Hugh
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