Meanings
nounpartyship (uncountable)
- uncountablegovernmentMembership of, or compliance with, a political party.
The partyship was brought to bear upon him; he was told that he must be either in or out of the party; that he must no longer be "a private in the grand army of freedom," but that he must take his proper position or be drummed out of it; and he succumbed and accepted office.
1877, Debates of the House of Commons of the Dominion of Canada, page 1301
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