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nounsultanship (countable and uncountable, plural sultanships)
plural sultanships
- countableuncountableThe office or status of a sultan.
In essence, he moved the symbolism of the sultanship from an emirate or caliphal base to a national base. Various Muslim circles and conferences outside Nigeria came to regard him as the chief spokesman for Nigerian Muslims.
2006, John N. Paden, Muslim Civic Cultures and Conflict Resolution, page 128Synonyms: sultanate
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nounThe office or status of a sultan.
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