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Rivalship

Rivalship \Ri"val*ship\, n. Rivalry. [R.]
--B. Jonson.

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rivalship

n. rivalry

Usage examples of "rivalship".

Union an exemption from those broils and wars between themselves, which so frequently afflict neighbouring countries not tied together by the same governments, which their own rivalships alone would be sufficient to produce, but which opposite foreign alliances, attachments, and intrigues would stimulate and embitter.

This was the sword that cut asunder the Gordian knot which could not be untied by all the efforts of party spirit, by rivalship, by jealousy, or any other malignant fiend.