Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The office or authority of a voivode.
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- noun The office, position, title or rank of
voivode - noun The
jurisdiction of a voivode, comparable to acounty or to acountship , especially inPoland
Etymologies
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voivode 'count/ governor' (Slavic) + -ship
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Examples
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The new territory -- Pomerelia, the _voivodeship_ (administrative province) of Kulm and Marienburg, the bishopric of Ermeland, the city of Elbing, a portion of Cujavia, a portion of Posen -- united East
The German Classics of the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, Volume 12 Various
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In addition to the intrigues for the voivodeship, internecine wars broke out between the two Principalities, and the boyards made lawless raids upon one another.
Roumania Past and Present James Samuelson
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