Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The state of being a herald; the office of a herald.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun The office of a herald.

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  • noun The status or office of a herald.

Etymologies

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herald +‎ -ship

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Examples

  • But Apollo himself aroused Aineias, putting on the semblance of Periphas the herald, the son of Epytos, who grew old with his old father in his heraldship, of friendly thought toward

    The Iliad 750? BC-650? BC Homer 1882

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