protectorship
Example Sentences
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But by the time of Annie Leibovitz’s protectorship her self-image had changed.
From The New Yorker ● Sep. 16, 2019
The word here translated "Vicegerency" is, in the original Arabic, "viláyat", which has a range of meanings including "vicegerency", "guardianship", "protectorship" and "successorship".
From The Kitáb-i-Aqdas by Bahá'u'lláh
A feeling of protectorship, a faint consciousness of motherhood, gave her face an exquisite look of entreaty.
From Sunlight Patch by Harris, Credo Fitch
However this may be, the woman's kin exercises, primâ facie, some kind of protectorship.
From Kinship Organisations and Group Marriage in Australia by Thomas, Northcote Whitridge
York after a struggle secured the protectorship, and for the next year ruled England.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 13, Slice 3 "Helmont, Jean" to "Hernosand" by Various
