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

And did he not, in his protectorship, Levy great sums of money through the realm For soldiers' pay in France, and never sent it?

From King Henry VI, Part 2 by Shakespeare, William

But if, before kinship was reckoned at all, this protectorship were exercised for the benefit of the children, we clearly have a possible cause of matriliny.

From Kinship Organisations and Group Marriage in Australia by Thomas, Northcote Whitridge

San Martin was now the hero of Chile, and was begged to accept the protectorship of the new Republic.

From South America by Koebel, W. H. (William Henry)

The German Empire had lost all of its Italian possessions, which were now grouped together into a Cisalpine Republic, under the protectorship of France.

From A Short History of Germany by Parmele, Mary Platt