justiceship

English

Etymology

justice +‎ -ship

Noun

justiceship (plural justiceships)

The office or dignity of a justice.
- 1597, Acts of the Privy Council of England:
  her Majesty hath also commaunded that Sir Thomas Norreis shall leave the chardg of the Justiceshippe

References

“justiceship”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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