"stewardship" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-stewardship.wav Forms: stewardships [plural]
Etymology: From Middle English stiwardshepe, equivalent to steward + -ship. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|stiwardshepe}} Middle English stiwardshepe, {{suffix|en|steward|ship}} steward + -ship Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} stewardship (countable and uncountable, plural stewardships)
  1. The rank or office of a steward. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (office of a steward): správcovství [neuter] (Czech), isännöitsijyys (Finnish), pehtorius (Finnish), edustajuus (Finnish), purserius (Finnish), stuerttius (Finnish), luottamusmiesasema (Finnish), intendant [masculine] (French), mordomía [feminine] (Galician), mordomádego [masculine] (Galician), Stewardamt [neuter] (German), reachtaireacht [feminine] (Irish), steward (Italian), meoirsynys [masculine] (Manx), до́лжность управля́ющего (dólžnostʹ upravljájuščevo) [feminine] (Russian), administración (Spanish), förvaltarskap (english: the position) [neuter] (Swedish), förvaltning (english: the organisation) [common-gender] (Swedish), förvaltare (english: the title) [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-stewardship-en-noun-kemY3vVW Disambiguation of 'office of a steward': 100 0
  2. The act of caring for or improving with time. Tags: countable, uncountable Translations (act of caring for/improving with time): ᐊᕙᑎᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᑲᒪᑦᓯᐊᕐᓂᖅ (afatittinnik kamatsiarniq) (Inuktitut), kaitiakitanga (Maori), mayordomía [feminine] (Spanish)
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