mastership

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   the office, status, or authority of a master

   Her election to the mastership of the college was confirmed in June.

2. 2
   noun

   dominion, control, or superiority over someone or something

   The treatise examines the claimed mastership of owners over enslaved people.

3. 3
   noun

   the skill, knowledge, or dexterity of a master

   The violinist's mastership was evident in the difficult final movement.

From Middle English maistershipe, formed from master and -ship. The suffix supplies the linked senses of office or status, authority, and the accomplished skill associated with a master.

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