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, accordingly, since glory and empire, and not peace, were the ends which they always had in view, it became impossible for them to refuse this protectorship.

From Discourses on the First Decade of Titus Livius by Thomson, Ninian Hill

In time, however, the exercise of the muscles cured the revolutionary brain-fag, and the Government was enabled to assume a sort of protectorship over gymnastics.

From Atta Troll by Heine, Heinrich

What they did see was that he at once assumed a fatherly protectorship over his little niece, and she became his sole charge and care in life.

From Rockhaven by Munn, Charles Clark

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