The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stadtholdership
Stadtholderate \Stadt"hold`er*ate\ (-[asl]t), Stadtholdership \Stadt"hold`er*ship\ (-sh[i^]p), n. The office or position of a stadtholder.
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stadtholdership
n. The office or rank of a stadtholder.
Usage examples of "stadtholdership".
He had always approved himself a good and zealous citizen, and, since his elevation to the stadtholdership, taken many salutary steps for the advantage of his country.
He would lay down the Stadtholdership and quit the country with his entire family, he informed the Duke of Brunswick, rather than accept anything of the kind.
William the Silent while Stadtholder had also held the stadtholderships of Holland, Zeeland and Utrecht.