retainership

[ ri-tey-ner-ship ]

noun

1. the condition of being a retainer or of having retainers.

Word History and Origins

Origin of retainership¹

First recorded in 1560–70; retainer ¹ + -ship

Example Sentences

They were familiar with exacting modes of personal retainership, which merged the followers freedom in his lords will.

From Project Gutenberg

They had settled upon the Prince of India in a kind of retainership.

From Project Gutenberg