keepership

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UK/ˈkiːpəʃɪp/

noun

The position of a keeper; guardianship, ownership.

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Meanings

nounkeepership (plural keeperships)

plural keeperships

  1. The position of a keeper; guardianship, ownership.

    I wish he [Austen Henry Layard] had had the keepership of the National Gallery, for I don't think his Government will hold together through many weeks.

    1887, Thomas Adolphus Trollope, “Charles Dickens”, in What I Remember […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley and Son […], →OCLC, page 123
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    Camby was given the keepership of one of the two Counter prisons, in Poultry Yard off Cheapside, traditionally run by London's sheriffs, where many convicted of offences in the city courts were held […]

    2011, Thomas Penn, Winter King, Penguin, published 2012, page 269

Origin

From keeper + -ship.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

shipkeeper
Cite this entry
APA

keepership. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/keepership

MLA

“keepership.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/keepership. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “keepership,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/keepership.

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