"aldermanship" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From alderman + -ship.",
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          "ref": "1592, Matthew Sutcliffe, An Answer to a certaine libel supplicatorie […] :",
          "text": "the Geneuian Aldermanshippe began vnder the lawe, and was practised under the Gospell",
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        "The condition, position, or office of an alderman."
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