aldermanship

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

alderman +‎ -ship

Noun[edit]

aldermanship (plural aldermanships)

  1. The condition, position, or office of an alderman.
    • 1592, Matthew Sutcliffe, An Answer to a certaine libel supplicatorie [] :
      the Geneuian Aldermanshippe began vnder the lawe, and was practised under the Gospell

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