Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The office of a keeper.

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

  • noun The office or position of a keeper.

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  • noun The position of a keeper; guardianship, ownership.

Etymologies

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From keeper +‎ -ship.

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Examples

  • Most looked like members of the keepership guard, but there were two keepers as well, one of whom, much younger than the Gryphon would have expected, was evidently in charge.

    LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009

  • They were still outnumbered in close quarters, with no weapons but their claws and their sorcery still suppressed by the power of the keepership in general.

    LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009

  • Imagine my surprise to quickly discover that, in exchange for a measure of power, they were all too willing to tell me about your own deal with my counterpart in the keepership.

    LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009

  • He looked down and noticed that the crystal no longer glowed with the power of the keepership.

    LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009

  • Perhaps his news was worth hearing before he sent the boy down to the cells for a few days of …tutoring in the rules of the keepership.

    LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009

  • He looked down and noticed that the crystal no longer glowed with the power of the keepership.

    LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009

  • Most looked like members of the keepership guard, but there were two keepers as well, one of whom, much younger than the Gryphon would have expected, was evidently in charge.

    LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009

  • A single Aramite, definitely a keepership guard as far as the drake was able to tell, kept an eye out for any intruders.

    LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009

  • The keepership was semireligious, being connected so deeply with the Ravager.

    LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009

  • They were still outnumbered in close quarters, with no weapons but their claws and their sorcery still suppressed by the power of the keepership in general.

    LEGENDS OF THE DRAGONREALM Richard A. Knaak 2009

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