Definitions

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The position or role of deputy.

Etymologies

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

deputy +‎ -ship

Support

Help support Wordnik (and make this page ad-free) by adopting the word deputyship.

Examples

  • Lahori is most eloquent in his Padshah Nama : “It was repeatedly uttered by his divine revelation-interpreting tongue that, if the heavy burden of the divine deputyship…had not been imposed on this seeker of the will of God…he would have certainly abandoned the high-ranked vast empire of Hindustan and divided among the princes of noble birth this extensive kingdom.”

    Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010

  • Lahori is most eloquent in his Padshah Nama : “It was repeatedly uttered by his divine revelation-interpreting tongue that, if the heavy burden of the divine deputyship…had not been imposed on this seeker of the will of God…he would have certainly abandoned the high-ranked vast empire of Hindustan and divided among the princes of noble birth this extensive kingdom.”

    Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010

  • Lahori is most eloquent in his Padshah Nama : “It was repeatedly uttered by his divine revelation-interpreting tongue that, if the heavy burden of the divine deputyship…had not been imposed on this seeker of the will of God…he would have certainly abandoned the high-ranked vast empire of Hindustan and divided among the princes of noble birth this extensive kingdom.”

    Shadow Princess Indu Sundaresan 2010

  • John Sanks became sheriff, and xanax rewarded with a deputyship some important special service rendered by him in the late very close canvass..

    Rob Savage Rob Savage 2006

  • John Sanks became sheriff, and ciprofloxacin rewarded with a deputyship some important special service rendered by him in the late very close canvass..

    Rob Savage Rob Savage 2006

  • John Sanks became sheriff, and allegra rewarded with a deputyship some important special service rendered by him in the late very close canvass..

    Rob Savage Rob Savage 2006

  • John Sanks became sheriff, and metoclopramide rewarded with a deputyship some important special service rendered by him in the late very close canvass..

    Rob Savage Rob Savage 2006

  • Tecle had become more ardent and more pressing than his desire for the deputyship.

    The French Immortals Series — Complete Various

  • Skeffington, retaining the deputyship, was replaced in command of the army by Lord Leonard Grey, Kildare's brother-in-law, son of Lord Dorset; to whom ultimately Silken Thomas surrendered under a vague half-promise of lenient treatment.

    England under the Tudors

  • Grey himself was now appointed to the deputyship in place of Skeffington,

    England under the Tudors

Comments

Log in or sign up to get involved in the conversation. It's quick and easy.