abbacy

From Middle English abbathie, from Late Latin abbātia, from abbās, abbātis (“abbot”). Doublet of abbey and Opatija.

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The dignity, estate, term, or jurisdiction of an abbot or abbess.

աբբայություն

dignity, estate, or jurisdiction of an abbot


abbotship

From Middle English abboship, abbotshup; equivalent to abbot + -ship.

The state, term, or office of an abbot; abbacy.


empire

English: empire

Scots: empire

Borrowed from Old French empire, empere, from Latin imperium, inperium (“command, control, dominion, sovereignty, a dominion, empire”), from imperare, inperare (“to command, order”), from in (“in, on”) + parare (“to make ready, order”). Doublet of emperie.

(rare) A region of control; a field or zone.


admiralty

en-noun

admiralty (countable and uncountable, plural admiralties)

From French amirauté, for an older amiralté (“office of admiral”), from Late Latin admīrālitās. See admiral. Analyzable as admiral + -ty.

(military) The department or officers having authority over naval affairs generally.


office

English: office

Scots: office, offish

From Old French office, from Latin officium, contracted form of opificium.

c. 1300, St. Thomas Becket, ll. 223 ff.
He cam to court and was in guod offiz
With þe erchebischop of Kaunterburi.

(please add an English translation of this quotation)

A position of responsibility or control; a crucial occupation:

A governmental or administrative position or post; a political office.

1435, petition, P.R.O. 130, 6460A

John Duc of Bedford... Admirall of England in the office of þe admiralte in the Countees of Kent, Sussex...

A part, faculty, or division of a larger body:

(rare) A part or subdivision of a government devoted to a specified function.


bishopric

From Middle English bischopriche, from Old English bisċoprīċe, equivalent to bishop + -ric (compare German Reich).

Later that year, he was appointed to the bishopric of Lindesmeere.

Iohn Fiſher Biſhop of Rocheſter, when the King [Henry VII of England] would have tranſlated him from that poore Biſhopricke to a better, he refuſed, saying: He would not forſake his poore little olde wife, with whom he had ſo long lived.

1605, M. N. [pseudonym; William Camden], “Grave Speeches, and Wittie Apothegms of Woorthie Personages of This Realme in Former Times”, in Remaines of a Greater Worke, Concerning Britaine, […], London: […] G[eorge] E[ld] for Simon Waterson, →OCLC, page 220:

Wiltshire actually comes from Wiltonshire, for Wilton was once a county town, royal residence and bishopric - a place of significance.

2023 June 28, Stephen Roberts, “Bradshaw's Britain: Alton to Exeter”, in RAIL, number 986, page 59:

A diocese or region of a church which a bishop governs.


place

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dialectal <i class="Latn mention" lang="en">pleace</i>

English: place (dialectal pleace)

Pijin: ples

Tok Pisin: ples

Scots: place, pleece

From Old English plæċe and Old French place, both from Latin platea, from Ancient Greek πλατεῖα (plateîa).

A place, area or spot; a part of the Earth or universe:

A location or position in or on a larger space (occupied by something or someone):

(mathematics) The place of a digit in a number written with Arabic numerals.

A place, station, or position; an appropriate or designated spot:

A favourable or propitious occasion; an opportunity.


constable

English: constable

Scots: constable

Borrowed from Old French conestable; compare counte (“count”), stable (“stable”).


leadership

en-noun

leadership (countable and uncountable, plural leaderships)


oficina

Presumably from Portuguese oficina, although probably influenced by English office.

tifinâ na oficina

to have lunch at (one's desk at) the office

office (a room used for non-manual work)


viceroyalty

viceroyalty (countable and uncountable, plural viceroyalties)

From vice- + royalty, modeled on French vice-royauté.

The office or term of service of a viceroy; viceroydom

India became a viceroyalty when the British government directly annexed it in the 1850s.


papacy

papacy (countable and uncountable, plural papacies)

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Circa 14th century, from Middle English papacie, papassie, from Medieval Latin pāpātia, from Latin pāpa (“pope”) + -tia (“office, rank”) (English -cy).

The papacy of John Paul II ended in 2005, after the pope's long battle with illness ended.

The period of a particular pope's reign.


secretariat

/ˌsɛkɹəˈtɛəɹɪət/

/ˌsɛkɹəˈtɛɹi.ət/

The office or department of a government secretary.

秘書處 /秘书处

the office or department of a government secretary

sekretariat

also refers to the head office of political parties and some organizations

kabinet

Belgium; personal staff and office of a member of government


emirate

From emir + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office, the concrete charge of it).


qadi

From Arabic قَاضٍ (qāḍin, “judge”). Doublet of alcalde, casis, and cauzee.

To this the Jew agreed, and the two went together to the great hall, in which the kadi was administering justice.

legal treatises dealing with the subject usually spoke of the appointment to office of a qadi [...].

1985, Yasmin Hussain, Sharon Siddique, Ahmad Ibrahim, Readings on Islam in Southeast Asia:

The Qazi, his spiritual adviser, had recommended that the Russian be taken out into the desert and buried alive [...].

1990, Peter Hopkirk, The Great Game, Folio Society, published 2010, page 74:

While sharia law for divorce in many Muslim countries has been modified by governments, in Israel reform was initiated by qadis.

2011 July 22, Jill Hamilton, The Guardian:

(Islam, law) A judge who is trained in and practices Islamic law


centenary

From Latin centēnārius (“containing 100; local official overseeing a hundred”) either directly or via French centenaire, from centēnī (“100 each”) + -ārius (“-ary”), from centum (“hundred”). Doublet of centenarian, centenarize, kantar, and quintal.

doublet

(historical) Synonym of centgrave: a position in the Frankish Empire overseeing local administration.


judicature

en-noun

judicature (countable and uncountable, plural judicatures)

/ˈd͡ʒuːdɪkət͡ʃə/

/d͡ʒʊˈdɪkət͡ʃə/

/ˈd͡ʒuːdɪˌkeɪt͡ʃɚ/

From Anglo-Norman judicature, Middle French judicature, and their source, post-classical Latin iudicatura (12th century), from the participle stem of classical Latin iūdicāre (“to judge”).

The administration of justice by judges and courts; judicial process.

The office or authority of a judge; jurisdiction.

Such an independent judicature was ten time more necessary when a democracy became the absolute power of the country.

1790, Edmund Burke, Reflections on the Revolution in France, Oxford, published 2009, page 207:

Judges collectively; a court or group of courts; the judiciary.


priesthood

priesthood (countable and uncountable, plural priesthoods)

From Middle English presthed, presthede, presthod, presthode, from Old English prēosthād (“priesthood”), equivalent to priest + -hood. Compare Dutch priesterheid (“priesthood”).


premiership

There is a familiar pattern that has come to define Theresa May’s premiership. Encouraging rhetoric gets periodically wheeled out: the pledges to ease the burden on the “just about managing”; the promises to fight the “burning injustices” of social inequality. But then a few weeks later, the chancellor gets up at the dispatch box to deliver a budget or an autumn statement and it’s as if those words had never been uttered.

2018, The Observer, The Observer view on the budget and the decade of austerity, 28 October

The office of a premier or prime minister.


presidency

presidency (countable and uncountable, plural presidencies)

From Medieval Latin praesidentia. By surface analysis, president + -cy.

After many years as a party leader, she finally ascended to the presidency.

The American people gave me the priceless privilege of serving them in the Presidency.

1963, Dwight Eisenhower, Mandate for Change 1953-1956, Garden City, New York: Doubleday & Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 4:

The presidencies of George W. Bush and Bill Clinton were marked by the resistance of both men to confessing mistakes; Bush's advisers long made it clear that he viewed such acknowledgments as akin to admitting weakness.

2009 February 5, Adam Nagourney, “The pros and cons of admitting a presidential error”, in The New York Times:

The Clintons, who once seemed banished to the wilds of Westchester County, are once again the most powerful family in Democratic politics, with talk of another Clinton presidency already rife in Washington.

2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds”, in The New York Times:

For some, the political damage proved modest. But for others, the investigations came to consume and even threaten their presidencies, at least for a time.

2023 January 13, Peter Baker, “Presidents and Their Prosecutors”, in The New York Times:

Because of the president's lame duck status, the presidency was often hampered by congressional actions.

The bureaucratic organization and governmental initiatives devolving directly from the president.

praesidium

In France, a presidency lasts for five years.

Ernest was a historian specializing in the presidency of Herbert Hoover.

The time during which one is president; a president's term of office.

(Mormonism) A supreme local council made up of three persons; (usually capitalized; also First Presidency) the highest authority.


lieutenancy

The role, position, or domain of a lieutenant.

luogotenenza

the role, duty or position of being a lieutenant


generalship

/ˈdʒɛn(ə)ɹəlʃɪp/

Under my generalship my fine troop of brats picked up every scrap of litter in that lot.

By extension, leadership, good management.


stede

English: stead

Scots: steid, sted

Inherited from Old English stede, steode, styd, from Proto-West Germanic *stadi, from Proto-Germanic *stadiz.

Strength, effect; capacity for achievement.


episcopate

From Late Latin episcopatus, from Latin episcopus, from Ancient Greek ἐπίσκοπος (epískopos, “watching over”).

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Bishop Smith's episcopate ran for more than 30 years.


gauleiter

pt-noun

gauleiter m (plural gauleiters or gauleiter)

(historical) gauleiter (official in charge of a district of Nazi Germany)


vice-presidency

Richardson stressed that the war which had erupted in the Middle East the previous day made it doubly imperative to move me out of the vice-presidency.

1980, Spiro Agnew, Go Quietly . . . Or Else, New York: William Morrow and Company, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, →OL, page 194:

The bureaucratic organization and governmental initiatives devolving directly from the vice-president.

The time during which one is vice-president; a vice-president's term of office.


kingship

en-noun

kingship (countable and uncountable, plural kingships)


rabbinate

rabbinate (countable and uncountable, plural rabbinates)

Adam [...] thought the call to the rabbinate should be entirely pure, a discussion a man has with God.

2002, Zadie Smith, The Autograph Man, Penguin Books (2003), page 201:


captaincy

captaincy (countable and uncountable, plural captaincies)

From captain + -cy. Piecewise doublet of chieftaincy.

He obtains a captaincy in the Catalonian army

1828, Juan van Halen, Narrative of Don Juan Van Halen's Imprisonment in the Dungeons of the Inquistion at Madrid:

The territory bathed by this river belongs to the captaincy of Benito Maciel the father.

1859, Garcilaso de la Vega, Christóbel de Acuña, Clements Robert Markham, Expeditions Into the Valley of the Amazons:

(historical) An administrative division of the former Spanish and Portuguese colonial empires.


chairmanship

chairmanship (countable and uncountable, plural chairmanships)

/ˈtʃɛː.mənˌʃɪp/

/ˈtʃɛɹ.mənˌʃɪp/

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Afterwards, Sir Eardly Wilmot had been appointed, from whom, on account of his long chairmanship of quarter-sessions, much had reasonably been expected.

The resignation of Sir Eustace Missenden from the chairmanship of the Railway Executive was announced by the Minister of Transport at Christmas.

1951 February, “Resignation of Sir Eustace Missenden”, in Railway Magazine, page 75:

To particularise the railway improvements required by the County of London Plan, 1943, a Committee under the Chairmanship of Professor Sir Charles Inglis was appointed in February, 1944, by the Minister of War Transport.

1962 October, “The Victoria Line was only part of the plan”, in Modern Railways, page 258:

Nixon proposed the establishment of an Aviation Industry Consultative Council under the chairmanship of the permanent head of his department […]

1999, John Gunn, Contested Skies: Trans-Australian Airlines:

Having put partisan interests to one side, Greenwood set about making teamwork a watchword for her chairmanship, while seeking the broadest possible participation in subsequent inquiries.

2020 June 3, Lilian Greenwood talks to Paul Stephen, “Rail's 'underlying challenges' remain”, in Rail, page 33:


chaplaincy

A building, for example on a university campus, catering to people's religious needs.


colonelcy

[U]nless Lieut Colonel Tyler [John Tyler Sr.] was provided for, The Major, Prentice [Samuel Prentiss II] advanced to a Lieut:Colonelcy in some other Regiment, and his eldest Captain ([James] Chapman) not deprived of his expectation of the Majority; his coming in there would give uneasiness, but nevertheless if it was the pleasure of Congress to make the appointment, he would do every thing in his power to make it palatible.

1776 July 29, George Washington, “To the Board of War and Ordnance”, in John C[lement] Fitzpatrick, editor, The Writings of George Washington from the Original Manuscript Sources 1745–1799: […], volumes 5 (May, 1776 – August, 1776), Washington, D.C.: United States Government Printing Office, published April 1932, →OCLC, page 350:

In the campaign of 1760, the general [De Soltikow], who had juſt obtained the colonelcy of the regiment of Wolfenbuttle, aſſembled a body of troops near Konimſthau; as the enemy did not enter Bohemia, as was expected, he repaired to the frontiers of Sileſia, failed in an attempt to ſurpriſe Neuſtadt, but actually cut off the Pruſſian regiment of Mantpeefel.

1800, “Field-Marshall Baron de Loudon, Grand Cross of the Military Order of Maria Theresa, Aulic Counsellor of War, &c”, in The Annual Necrology, for 1797–8; […], volume I, London: Printed for R[ichard] Phillips, […] by T[homas] Bensley, […], →OCLC, page 70:

At the close of this year (1776) he [John Chester] was recommended for a colonelcy in the new Continental Army, but on account of the condition of his personal affairs he declined the appointment and retired to private life, to the great regret, particularly, of General [George] Washington.

1903, Franklin Bowditch Dexter, “Sketches, Class of 1766”, in Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College with Annals of the College History, volumes III (May, 1763 – July, 1778), New York, N.Y.: Henry Holt and Company, →OCLC, page 178:

Did I tell you I've been given a colonelcy in the North Riding Volunteers?

2011, Julian Fellowes, 26:03 from the start, in Downton Abbey, season 2, episode 1:

Meanwhile, he witnessed the mad log-rolling for colonelcies. "I was perfectly sickened at the political wire pulling for all these commissions," he [Ulysses S. Grant] told Jesse [Root Grant]. Of the first six colonels [Governor of Illinois, Richard] Yates appointed, not one had any experience, and only one was a West Pointer.

2014, William C[harles] Davis, “‘What has Become of Gen. Lee?’—‘Who is General Grant?’”, in Crucible of Command: Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee: The War They Fought, the Peace They Forged, Boston, Mass.: Da Capo Press, →ISBN, page 128:

(military) The rank or office of a colonel.


brigadiership

brigadiership (countable and uncountable, plural brigadierships)

(military) The role or position of a brigadier.


sergeantship

sergeantship (countable and uncountable, plural sergeantships)

The qualities, role, or position of a sergeant.


senatorship

The characteristics, role, or position of a senator.


deanery

From Middle English denerye; equivalent to dean + -ery.

The group of parishes for which a rural dean has responsibility.


mayorship

mayorship (countable and uncountable, plural mayorships)

All of the parties could and did claim victories. The ruling KMT won the governorship and the mayorship of Kaohsiung. Naturally KMT leaders boasted of these wins. In particular, they noted that Kaohsiung had been a stronghold of the opposition Democratic Progressive Party. The DPP won the mayorship of Taipei. This was a major triumph. The NP's candidate was second in the Taipei mayoral context and the NP did well in the Taipei City Council race. Taiwan's new political party thus seemed to be off to a good start in winning support at the ballot box. Finally, the cause of democracy won.

1998, John F. Copper, Taiwan's Mid-1990s elections: Taking the Final Steps to Democracy, Praeger Publishers, →ISBN, page 3:

As a consequence, we do not have the rich democratic culture and organizing that should be happening year-round, from the way that we select town councils and mayorships across the state of New York.

2022 October 11, Nicholas Fandos, “Ocasio-Cortez: ‘Calcified’ Machine Politics Cost Democrats in New York”, in The New York Times:


headship

headship (countable and uncountable, plural headships)


superintendency

superintendency (countable and uncountable, plural superintendencies)

(uncountable) The condition of being a superintendent.


professorship

And as regards histories of art, they are quite valueless to you unless you are seeking the ostentatious oblivion of an art professorship.

1883, Oscar Wilde, “Lecture to Art Students”, in Essays and Lectures:

She earned a professorship at Los Angeles City College, and taught theatre there for two years.

2022, Claire Chwalek, No Rest for a Heartbreaker, →ISBN:


mayoralty

mayoralty (countable and uncountable, plural mayoralties)

From Middle English mairaltee, from Middle French mairalté.

The results, coming after voters had rejected a similar effort by Mr. Chávez just 15 months ago, pointed to his resilience after a decade in power, as well as to the fragmentation of his opposition, which as recently as November had won key mayoralties and governorships.

2009 February 16, Simon Romero, “Chávez Decisively Wins Bid to End Term Limits”, in New York Times:

During his mayoralty, Johnson oversaw the preparations and hosting of the 2012 Summer Olympics and oversaw the cycle hire scheme, both initiated by his predecessor Ken Livingstone.

2021, “Mayoralty of Boris Johnson”, in Wikipedia, retrieved 2021-11-10:

The office of a mayor, or the tenure during which a particular mayor holds office, where the time span may encompass one term or multiple terms.

administration

the Bloomberg administration; mayoralty of Michael Bloomberg; tenure of an officeholder; for example, means the


inspectorate

From inspector + -ate (forms nouns denoting a rank or office, a body of people performing it, the concrete charge of it).


admiralship

The state, property, or office of being an admiral.


satrapy

Borrowed from Ancient Greek σατραπεία (satrapeía).

Several, which occur as one Satrapy in the system given by Herodotus, are given in the lists as distinct provinces.

1864, Edward Bouverie Pusey, Daniel the Prophet: Nine Lectures Delivered in the Divinity School of the University of Oxford, John Henry and James Parker, page 413:

1951, W. W. Tarn, The Greeks in Bactria and India, Cambridge University Press, 2nd Edition, Digital printing 2010, page 1,
The Seleucid empire in its turn was still, in outward shape, very much the empire of Persia under different rulers; the great satrapies still remained, their military nature emphasised by the governor of a satrapy being no longer called satrap but strategos, 'general'.

A satrapy′s borders were generally the same as those of the previously independent kingdom, with the satrap stationed in the old capital.[…]The Great King expected two things from the satrapies: a regular supply of taxes (called "tribute" because it underlined the satrapy′s subordination to the king) and units for the Persian army when needed.

2013, Michael Burger, The Shaping of Western Civilization, Volume I: From Antiquity to the Mid-Eighteenth Century, University of Toronto Press, page 30:

(historical) The territory governed by a satrap; a province of any of several ancient empires of Western Asia (specifically, of the Median or Achaemenid empires or certain of their successors, including the Sassanian Empire and Hellenistic empires).


attorneyship

The office or profession of an attorney.


πρωθυπουργός

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πρωθυπουργοί

πρωθυπουργίνα

πρωθυπουργός • (prothypourgós) m or f (plural πρωθυπουργοί, feminine πρωθυπουργίνα)

el-noun

πρωθυπουργοί

πρωθυπουργίνα

prothypourgós (romanization)
πρωθυπουργοί (plural)
πρωθυπουργίνα (feminine)
πρωθυπουργός (nominative singular)
πρωθυπουργοί (nominative plural)
πρωθυπουργού (genitive singular)
πρωθυπουργών (genitive plural)
πρωθυπουργό (accusative singular)
πρωθυπουργούς (accusative plural)
πρωθυπουργέ (singular vocative)
πρωθυπουργοί (plural vocative)

el-decl-noun

πρωθυπουργός

πρωθυπουργοί

πρωθυπουργού

πρωθυπουργών

πρωθυπουργούς

πρωθυπουργοί

There is a Katharevousa form: πρωθυπουργόν

πρω‧θυ‧πουρ‧γός

From πρωθ- (proth-, “first, prime”) + υπουργός (ypourgós, “minister”), calque of English prime minister. First attested 1839.

af

(politics) prime minister, premier (head of a Westminster-style government)


realeza

royalty (a monarch and their families treated as a group)

royalty (the rank, status, power or authority of a monarch)


υπουργός

head

υπουργός • (ypourgós) m or f (plural υπουργοί)

ypourgós (romanization)
υπουργοί (plural)
υπουργός (nominative singular)
υπουργοί (nominative plural)
υπουργού (genitive singular)
υπουργών (genitive plural)
υπουργό (accusative singular)
υπουργούς (accusative plural)
υπουργέ (singular vocative)
υπουργοί (plural vocative)

From Ancient Greek ὑπουργός (hupourgós, “servant, helper”), from ὑπό (hupó, “under”) + -ουργός (-ourgós, “worker”) (see ἔργον (érgon, “work”)).
The modern sense is a semantic loan from Italian ministro.

suf

Ο υπουργός υγείας παραιτήθηκε μετά το σκάνδαλο.

The health minister resigned after the scandal.

O ypourgós ygeías paraitíthike metá to skándalo.

(government) minister, secretary (politician who heads a ministry or department)


abbedverdighet

abbedverdigheta (definite singular)
abbedverdigheten (definite singular)
abbedverdigheter (indefinite plural)
abbedverdighetene (definite plural)

abbed + verdighet, first part from Old Norse ábóti, abbati, a term likely borrowed via Old English abbod, from Medieval Latin abbās (“abbot”), from Ancient Greek ἀββᾶς (abbâs), alternative form of ἀββα (abba, “father; title of respect given to abbots”) from Aramaic אבא (’abbā, “father, teacher, chief”), from Proto-Semitic *ʔabw- (“father”), from Proto-Afroasiatic *ʔab-, ultimately an onomatopoeic nursery word. Last part verdighet (“worthiness, dignity”), from both verdig (“worthy, dignified”), from Old Norse verðugr, from verð + the suffix -ig from -ugr, Old Norse -igr (“-y”), from *-ugaz, Proto-Germanic *-īgaz (“-y”) or from Low German -ig (“-y”) or German -ig (“-y”), from Middle High German -ec, -ic, from Old High German -ig, from Proto-West Germanic *-g, both from Proto-Germanic *-gaz (“-y”), from Proto-Indo-European *-kos (“-y”) + the suffix -het from Middle Low German -heit, from Proto-Germanic *haiduz (“manner, way”), from Proto-Indo-European *(s)keyt-, *(s)keydʰ- (“clear, bright, shining”).

der

[helgenen] Dankard ble skattet mer på grunn av sine ordensdyder enn på grunn av sin abbedverdighet alene

2013 April 10, Den katolske kirke^([katolsk.no]):

[the saint] Dankard was treasured more because of his virtues than because of his abbacy alone

an abbotship or abbacy (the dignity, estate, term, or jurisdiction of an abbot)


beylerbey

From Ottoman Turkish بكلر بكی (beyler beyi).

The governor of a province of the Ottoman Empire, ranking immediately below the grand vizier. (Ottoman administrative title)


archbishophood

/ɑːtʃˈbɪʃəphʊd/

(ecclesiastical) The rank of archbishop; the state of being an archbishop.


generalcy

(military) The rank or office of a general.


rectorate

From rector + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office).


ministership

en-noun

ministership (countable and uncountable, plural ministerships)

(government) The position held by a minister


cardinalate

From Latin cardinālātus, from cardinālis (“cardinal”), itself the noun use of the adjective derived from cardō (“hinge, main point”) + -ālis (“-al”).

The cardinalate ranks equal to a secular prince of the blood.

The dignity and ecclesiastic office of Roman Catholic cardinal.


provostship

The state, property, or office of being a provost.


headmastership

headmastership (countable and uncountable, plural headmasterships)

He knew where he lived, for he addressed a monthly pay cheque to him. He did not even know what disease he was suffering from. That was bad. Bad headmastership.

1958, Anthony Burgess, The Enemy in the Blanket (The Malayan Trilogy), published 1972, page 339:


վեզիր

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վեզիր • (vezir) (traditional orthography spelling վէզիր)

vezir (romanization)
orthography spelling վէզիր (traditional)
վեզիր (nominative singular)
վեզիրներ (nominative plural)
վեզիրի (dative singular)
վեզիրների (dative plural)
վեզիրից (ablative singular)
վեզիրներից (ablative plural)
վեզիրով (instrumental singular)
վեզիրներով (instrumental plural)
վեզիրը (definite nominative singular)
վեզիրն (definite nominative singular)
վեզիրները (definite nominative plural)
վեզիրներն (definite nominative plural)
վեզիրին (dative definite singular)
վեզիրներին (dative definite plural)
վեզիրս (first-person nominative possessive singular)
վեզիրներս (first-person nominative plural possessive)
վեզիրիս (dative first-person possessive singular)
վեզիրներիս (dative first-person plural possessive)
վեզիրիցս (ablative first-person possessive singular)
վեզիրներիցս (ablative first-person plural possessive)
վեզիրովս (first-person instrumental possessive singular)
վեզիրներովս (first-person instrumental plural possessive)
վեզիրդ (nominative possessive second-person singular)
վեզիրներդ (nominative plural possessive second-person)
վեզիրիդ (dative possessive second-person singular)
վեզիրներիդ (dative plural possessive second-person)
վեզիրիցդ (ablative possessive second-person singular)
վեզիրներիցդ (ablative plural possessive second-person)
վեզիրովդ (instrumental possessive second-person singular)
վեզիրներովդ (instrumental plural possessive second-person)

hy-decl-noun

վեզիրը/վեզիրն

վեզիրները/վեզիրներն

From Ottoman Turkish وزیر (vezir), from Arabic وَزِير (wazīr).

bor

<i class="Latn mention" lang="tr">vezir</i>


kadi

From Ottoman Turkish قاضی (kadı), from Arabic قَاضِي (qāḍī), and from Arabic directly.

Arabic قَاضِي (qāḍī)

Each has an imaum, but the kadi is their head, of which dignity he seems not a little proud.

"You shall go to Mecca when you grow up, and become a Hadji, and when you come back the high kadi shall take you in the mosque and make a kateeb of you," said I. "Now put your forehead to the ground and thank the good Allah that the kuching had eaten dog before he got you."

1898, Rounsevelle Wildman, Tales of the Malayan Coast:

To this the Jew agreed, and the two went together to the great hall, in which the kadi was administering justice.

Alternative spelling of qadi, Islamic judge, particularly (historical) in Ottoman contexts where they initially oversaw local administration as well as Islamic law.


wardenship

en-noun

wardenship (countable and uncountable, plural wardenships)

From Middle English wardenship. Equivalent to warden + -ship.

He was made one of the guardians of the young king James IV. but soon lost influence, being superseded by the Homes and Hepburns, and the wardenship of the marches was given to Alexander Home.

1771, Various, Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Part 1, Slice 1:

This, with other applications, led to his being presented with the wardenship of Manchester College, vacant by the removal of Dr William Chaderton to the see of Chester.

1872, John Roby, Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2):

The King granted a small part, namely, one virgate to "Herbert the Forester," before 1086, and this Herbert is generally supposed to have been the ancestor of those Lyndhursts who for so long held the wardenship of the Forest.

1914, Edward Hutton, England of My Heart--Spring:


colonelship

The status or rank of a colonel; colonelcy.


stakeholdership

stakeholdership (usually uncountable, plural stakeholderships)


cardinalship

The office (or term of office) of a cardinal


principalship

The condition, rank or office of a principal


πρωθυπουργία

head

πρωθυπουργίες

πρωθυπουργία • (prothypourgía) f (plural πρωθυπουργίες)

el-noun

πρωθυπουργίες

prothypourgía (romanization)
πρωθυπουργίες (plural)
πρωθυπουργία (nominative singular)
πρωθυπουργίες (nominative plural)
πρωθυπουργίας (genitive singular)
πρωθυπουργιών (genitive plural)
πρωθυπουργία (accusative singular)
πρωθυπουργίες (accusative plural)
πρωθυπουργία (singular vocative)
πρωθυπουργίες (plural vocative)

el-decl-noun

πρωθυπουργία

πρωθυπουργίες

πρωθυπουργίας

πρωθυπουργιών

πρωθυπουργία

πρωθυπουργίες

πρωθυπουργία

πρωθυπουργίες

From πρωθυπουργός (prothypourgós) + -ία (-ía). First attested 1839.

affix

πρωθυπουργός

(politics) premiership, office of prime minister


prime ministership

en-noun

prime ministership (countable and uncountable, plural prime ministerships)

This turning point in the evolution of the prime ministership came with the death of Anne in 1714 and the accession of George I.

The office of a premier or prime minister.


imamate

From imam + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office).

af

The Mahometans do not agree among themselves about this imamate, or dignity of the imam. Some think it of divine right, and attached to a single family, as the pontificate of Aaron. Others hold, that it is, indeed, of divine right, but deny it to be so attached to any single family, as that it may not be transferred to another.

1819, Abraham Rees, “Imam”, in The Cyclopaedia; Or, Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, volume 18:

After mentioning these facts, Shahristâni adds that "whatever befell them was prognosticated by Jaafar as-Sâdik, who said that temporal dominion was not for their family, but that the Imâmate was to be a toy in the hands of the Abbassides."

1891, Syed Ameer Ali, The Life and Teachings of Mohammed: Or, The Spirit of Islam:

The government has accused the Houthis of trying to restore the traditional Zaidi-led imamate that largely ruled Yemen until 1962.

2009 September 21, Robert F. Worth, “Yemen’s North Hit by Bloodiest Fighting in Years”, in New York Times:

(Islam) The office or jurisdiction of an imam.


vicepresidència

ca-noun

vicepresidència f (plural vicepresidències)

From vice- + presidència or from vicepresident + -cia.


commissionership

When he retired, he called his commissionership “the greatest job in the world; you’re always visiting wonderful places.”

2008 February 23, Dennis Hevesi, “Orin Lehman, 88, Parks Steward, Dies”, in New York Times:


aldermanity

How would certain topics, as aldermanity, cuckoldry, have sounded to a Terentian auditory, though Terence himself had been alive to translate them? Senator urbanus, with Curruca to boot for a synonime, would but faintly have done the business.

1833, Elia [pseudonym; Charles Lamb], “[Popular Fallacies.] VIII. That Verbal Allusions Are Not Wit, Because They Will Not Bear a Translation.”, in The Last Essays of Elia. […], London: Edward Moxon, […], →OCLC, page 239:


majorship

(military) The position or office of major.


emperorship

en-noun

emperorship (countable and uncountable, plural emperorships)


capitainerie

English: captainry

Borrowed from Middle French capitainerie; equivalent to capitain + -erie.

bor+

(rare) The position of a military administrator of a fort or settlement.


priorship

en-noun

priorship (countable and uncountable, plural priorships)

The state or office of prior; a priorate.


sergeancy

From Middle English sergeancie, from Anglo-Norman serjancie and Medieval Latin serjantia, sergantia. Compare sergeanty.

(archaic) The role, rank or office of a sergeant; sergeantship.


intendancy

From intendant + -cy. Compare French intendance.

A territorial district overseen by an intendant.


majorate

From major (noun) + -ate (forms nouns denoting rank or office).

af

(military) The office or rank of a major.


headmistress-ship

en-noun

headmistress-ship (countable and uncountable, plural headmistress-ships)


ܪܝܫܢܘܬܐ

head

ܪܝܫܢܘܬܐ • (transliteration needed) f (plural ܪܝܫܢܘܬܐ)

ܪܝܫܢܘܬܐ (plural)
ܪܝܫܢܘ (absolute singular)
ܪܝܫܢܘܬܝ (feminine first-person masculine possessed-form singular)
ܪܝܫܢܘܬܢ (feminine first-person masculine plural possessed-form)
ܪܝܫܢܘܬ (construct singular)
ܪܝܫܢܘܬܟ (masculine possessed-form second-person singular)
ܪܝܫܢܘܬܟܝ (feminine possessed-form second-person singular)
ܪܝܫܢܘܬܟܘܢ (masculine plural possessed-form second-person)
ܪܝܫܢܘܬܟܝܢ (feminine plural possessed-form second-person)
ܪܝܫܢܘܬܐ (emphatic singular)
ܪܝܫܢܘܬܗ (masculine possessed-form singular third-person)
ܪܝܫܢܘܬܗ (feminine possessed-form singular third-person)
ܪܝܫܢܘܬܗܘܢ (masculine plural possessed-form third-person)
ܪܝܫܢܘܬܗܝܢ (feminine plural possessed-form third-person)

Modified from ܪܝܫܢܐ (rêšānāʾ, “ruler, president”), from ܪܝܫܐ (rêšāʾ, “head; ruler”), from Proto-Semitic *raʾš-.

direction, reign, governorship, magistracy, presidency


bishophood

From Middle English bischophood, bishophod, bischophad, from Old English bisċophād (“the office or state of a bishop; the episcopate”), equivalent to bishop + -hood.

inh

I find he was really of religious nature, and thought in secret, in spite of his bishophood, very much in regard to religion as we do.

1919, James Anthony Froude, Thomas Carlyle:

The state, condition, or office of a bishop; the episcopate.


sacerdócio

pt-noun

sacerdócio m (countable and uncountable, plural sacerdócios)

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese sacerdocio, from Latin sacerdōtium.

inh+

(religion) priesthood (the ministry of the priest)

(religion) priesthood (dignity and functions of the priest)

(religion) priesthood (the ecclesiastical career)

(religion) priesthood (the spiritual power represented by the priests)


Amban

(historical) amban (provincial governor in a semi-independent territory under Chinese rule)


barristership

en-noun

barristership (countable and uncountable, plural barristerships)


президентство

ru-noun+

президе́нтство

президе́нтство • (prezidéntstvo) n inan (genitive президе́нтства, nominative plural президе́нтства, genitive plural президе́нтств)

президе́нтство (canonical)
prezidéntstvo (romanization)
президе́нтства (genitive)
президе́нтства (nominative plural)
президе́нтств (genitive plural)
президе́нтство (nominative singular)
президе́нтства (nominative plural)
президе́нтства (genitive singular)
президе́нтств (genitive plural)
президе́нтству (dative singular)
президе́нтствам (dative plural)
президе́нтство (accusative singular)
президе́нтства (accusative plural)
президе́нтством (instrumental singular)
президе́нтствами (instrumental plural)
президе́нтстве (prepositional singular)
президе́нтствах (plural prepositional)

президе́нт (prezidént, “president”) + -ство (-stvo)


президентство

uk-noun

президе́нтство<sg>

президе́нтство • (prezydéntstvo) n inan (genitive президе́нтства, uncountable)

президе́нтство (canonical)
prezydéntstvo (romanization)
президе́нтства (genitive)
президе́нтство (nominative singular)
президе́нтства (genitive singular)
президе́нтству (dative singular)
президе́нтство (accusative singular)
президе́нтством (instrumental singular)
президе́нтстві (locative singular)
президе́нтство (singular vocative)

uk-ndecl

президе́нтство<sg>


사창

[sʰa̠t͡ɕʰa̠ŋ]

Sino-Korean word from 司倉, from 司 (“be in charge of”) + 倉 (“storage room”).

ko-etym-Sino

government office of the 창부(倉部) (changbu) during the Silla dynasty, responsible for managing storage and supplies


Attorney-General

attorney general
attorney general#English

Alternative spelling of attorney general


רביסטווע

yi-noun

רביסטווע • (rebistve) n, plural רביסטוועס (rebistves)

rebistve (romanization)
rebistves (romanization)

פּראַווען רביסטווע

to manage the rabbinate; to act as the rabbi


shirrevehod

English: sheriffhood


太政大臣

ja-noun

太(だい)政(じょう)大(だい)臣(じん) • (daijō-daijin) ^(←だいじやうだいじん (daizyaudaizin)?)

太政大臣 (canonical)
daijō-daijin (romanization)
daizyaudaizin (romanization)
だいじやうだいじん (hiragana historical)

Compound of 太政 (daijō, “imperial government”, on-reading of ōmatsurigoto) + 大臣 (daijin, “government minister”).

法性寺入道前関白太政大臣

Hosshōji Nyūdō Saki no Kanpaku Daijō-daijin

(politics, historical) the head of the 太政官 (Daijō-kan, “Great Council of State”, the highest government office under the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system), equivalent to a “grand minister” or “chancellor of the realm”


太政大臣

ja-noun

太(だ)政(じょう)大(だい)臣(じん) • (dajō-daijin) ^(←だじやうだいじん (dazyaudaizin)?)

太政大臣 (canonical)
dajō-daijin (romanization)
dazyaudaizin (romanization)
だじやうだいじん (hiragana historical)

[da̠ʑo̞ːda̠iʑĩɴ]

Compound of 太政 (dajō, “imperial government”, variant on-reading of ōmatsurigoto) + 大臣 (daijin, “government minister”).

com

(politics, historical, colloquial) Synonym of 太政大臣 (daijō-daijin, “the head of the 太政官 (Daijō-kan, “Great Council of State”, the highest government office under the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system), equivalent to a “grand minister” or “chancellor of the realm””)


太政大臣

ja-noun

おおまつりごと の おおまえつぎみ

おほまつりごとのおほまへつぎみ

太(おお)政(まつりごとの)大臣(おおまえつぎみ) • (ōmatsurigoto no ōmaetsugimi) ^(←おほまつりごとのおほまへつぎみ (ofomaturigotonoofomafetugimi)?)

太政大臣 (canonical)
ōmatsurigoto no ōmaetsugimi (romanization)
ofomaturigotonoofomafetugimi (romanization)
おほまつりごとのおほまへつぎみ (hiragana historical)

First attested in the Ruiju Myōgishō (1241).
Compound of 太政 (ōmatsurigoto, “imperial government”) + の (no, possessive particle) + 大臣 (ōmaetsugimi, “senior minister”).

com

おおまつりごとのおおまえつぎみ

(politics, historical, archaic) the head of the 太政官 (Ōimatsurigoto no Tsukasa, “Great Council of State”, the highest government office under the 律令 (Ritsuryō) system), equivalent to a “grand minister” or “chancellor of the realm”


太政大臣

ja-noun

おおまつりごと の おおまつぎみ

おほまつりごとのおほまつぎみ

太(おお)政(まつりごとの)大臣(おおまつぎみ) • (ōmatsurigoto no ōmatsugimi) ^(←おほまつりごとのおほまつぎみ (ofomaturigotonoofomatugimi)?)

太政大臣 (canonical)
ōmatsurigoto no ōmatsugimi (romanization)
ofomaturigotonoofomatugimi (romanization)
おほまつりごとのおほまつぎみ (hiragana historical)

Compound of 太政 (ōmatsurigoto, “imperial government”) + の (no, possessive particle) + 大 (ō-, “big, great”) + 公卿 (machigimi → matsugimi, “senior minister”).


太政大臣

ja-noun

太政大臣(おおきおとど) • (ōki otodo) ^(←おほきおとど (ofokiotodo)?)

太政大臣 (canonical)
ōki otodo (romanization)
ofokiotodo (romanization)
おほきおとど (hiragana historical)

Compound of 大き (ōki, “senior, upper”) + 大殿 (otodo, “government minister”).


太政大臣

ja-noun

太政大臣(おおきおおいどの) • (ōki ōidono) ^(←おほきおほいどの (ofokiofoidono)?)

太政大臣 (canonical)
ōki ōidono (romanization)
ofokiofoidono (romanization)
おほきおほいどの (hiragana historical)

Compound of 大き (ōki, “senior, upper”) + 大殿 (ōidono, “government minister”).


太政大臣

ja-noun

おおき おおいもうちぎみ

太政大臣(おおきおおいもうちぎみ) • (ōki ōimōchigimi) ^(←おほきおほいまうちぎみ (ofokiofoimautigimi)?)

太政大臣 (canonical)
ōki ōimōchigimi (romanization)
ofokiofoimautigimi (romanization)
おほきおほいまうちぎみ (hiragana historical)

Compound of 大き (ōki, “senior, upper”) + 大臣 (ōimōchigimi, “Daijō-kan superior”).


marschal

English: marshal
→ Malay: marsyal

Scots: marshal

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman mareschal, from Medieval Latin mariscalcus, either from Frankish *marhaskalk or from Old High German marah-scalc (“horse-servant”), from Proto-West Germanic *marh + *skalk (whence Old Saxon maraskalk, marahscalc). Compare Middle English mere (“mare”) and schalk.

der

A high-ranking officer of the English royal court.

A stablemaster (one who supervises horses).

A marshal (supreme commander of an armed force).

(rare) The chief minister of the English royal court.


erl marschal

English: earl marshal

The Earl Marshal; a chief official in the household of the English royal court.


emperie

English: empery (archaic)

Borrowed from Old French emperie, from Latin imperium. Doublet of empire.

An empire; the domain of an emperor or empress.


pagkapangulo

tl-noun

pagkápangúlo (Baybayin spelling ᜉᜄ᜔ᜃᜉᜅᜓᜎᜓ)

pagkápangúlo (canonical)
ᜉᜄ᜔ᜃᜉᜅᜓᜎᜓ (Baybayin)

presidency (office or role of president)


escheterie

→ English: escheatery (calque)

/ɛsˌt͡ʃɛːtəˈriː(ə)/

/ɛsˈt͡ʃɛːtəriː(ə)/

Borrowed from Anglo-Norman escheterie; corresponding to escheten + -erie.

(rare) The medieval English governmental office that recorded escheated property; the escheatery.


escheatery

/ɪsˈt͡ʃiːtəɹi/

A calque from Middle English or Anglo-Norman escheterie; equivalent to escheat + -ery.

Thomas Singleton, bailiff of the escheatery of the town of Lancaster, rendered account in 1441 of £8 4s. 7d. due from ancient rents and various burgages and plats of land which had escheated to the king as duke from various causes.

1914, “Lonsdale Hundred (North of the Sands)”, in William Farrer, J. Brownbill, editors, Victoria History of the County of Lancaster, volume 8, Constable and Company, page 39:

Most importantly, the administrative “experiments” of the Despensers—the home staple, escheatery restructuring, and the designation of “chamber lands”—were brought to an end or modified.

2008 October 27, J. S. Bothwell, “The More Things Change: Isabella and Mortimer, Edward III, and the Painful Delay of a Royal Majority (1327-1330)”, in Charles Beem, editor, The Royal Minorities of Medieval and Early Modern England, Palgrave Macmillan US, →ISBN, page 85:

In view of Clement’s advanced age and busy legal practice, the demands of the escheatery must have been onerous for him.

2014, Christopher Starr, “Escheator”, in Medieval Lawyer: Clement Spice of Essex, Essex Society for Archaeology and History, →ISBN, page 85:

(England and Wales law, historical and rare) The medieval English governmental office that recorded escheated property.


அஞ்சலகம்

ta-noun

அஞ்சலகம் • (añcalakam)


தபால் நிலையம்

தபால் நிலையம் • (tapāl nilaiyam)

Ta-தபால் நிலையம்.ogg

From தபால் (tapāl, “post”) and நிலையம் (nilaiyam, “office, station”).


эмірат

be-noun

эміра́т • (emirát) m inan (genitive эміра́та, nominative plural эміра́ты, genitive plural эміра́таў)

эміра́т (canonical)
emirát (romanization)
эміра́та (genitive)
эміра́ты (nominative plural)
эміра́таў (genitive plural)
эміра́т (nominative singular)
эміра́ты (nominative plural)
эміра́та (genitive singular)
эміра́таў (genitive plural)
эміра́ту (dative singular)
эміра́там (dative plural)
эміра́т (accusative singular)
эміра́ты (accusative plural)
эміра́там (instrumental singular)
эміра́тамі (instrumental plural)
эміра́це (locative singular)
эміра́тах (locative plural)
эміра́ты (count-form plural)

emirate (the system of government in feudal Muslim countries)

emirate (a feudal state headed by an emir)


이조

Sino-Korean word from 履祚, from 履 (“step on”) + 祚 (“throne”).


governor-generalship

en-noun

governor-generalship (countable and uncountable, plural governor-generalships)

The role or status of a governor-general.


uwaziri mkuu

From u- + waziri mkuu (“prime minister”).


umakamu wa rais

From u- + makamu wa rais (“vice president”).


старшынства

be-noun

старшы́нства<sg>

старшы́нства • (staršýnstva) n inan (genitive старшы́нства, uncountable)

старшы́нства (canonical)
staršýnstva (romanization)
старшы́нства (genitive)
старшы́нства (nominative singular)
старшы́нства (genitive singular)
старшы́нству (dative singular)
старшы́нства (accusative singular)
старшы́нствам (instrumental singular)
старшы́нстве (locative singular)

be-ndecl

старшы́нства<sg>

старшыня́ (staršynjá, “chairman”) + -ства (-stva). Compare Russian старши́нство (staršínstvo).

cog

старши́нство


alkaldiya

tl-noun

alkaldiya or alkaldiyá (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜎ᜔ᜃᜎ᜔ᜇᜒᜌ)

alkaldiya (canonical)
alkaldiyá (canonical)
ᜀᜎ᜔ᜃᜎ᜔ᜇᜒᜌ (Baybayin)

mayoralty (the office or term of a mayor); mayorship

(historical) civil government of a province; provincial government


kaalkaldihan

kaalkáldihán (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜀᜎ᜔ᜃᜎ᜔ᜇᜒᜑᜈ᜔)

kaalkáldihán (canonical)
ᜃᜀᜎ᜔ᜃᜎ᜔ᜇᜒᜑᜈ᜔ (Baybayin)