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

I mean even personal respect—the modest respect of humanity, and fellow-feeling; not the libidinous mockery of gallantry, nor the insolent condescension of protectorship.

From Vindication of the Rights of Woman by Wollstonecraft, Mary

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

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