Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

wardenship

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.16 in modern English

Syllables: war-den-ship
IPA

19

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

3

Syllables

10

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state of being a warden.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"He was made one of the guardians of the young king James IV. but soon lost influence, being superseded by the Homes and Hepburns, and the wardenship of the marches was given to Alexander Home."
"This, with other applications, led to his being presented with the wardenship of Manchester College, vacant by the removal of Dr William Chaderton to the see of Chester."
"The King granted a small part, namely, one virgate to "Herbert the Forester," before 1086, and this Herbert is generally supposed to have been the ancestor of those Lyndhursts who for so long held the wardenship of the Forest."

Etymology

From Middle English wardenship. Equivalent to warden + -ship.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: wardenship
Suffix: warden

Usage

Inflected Forms

wardenships (plural)

Questions

What does wardenship mean?: The state of being a warden.
Where does wardenship come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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