WARDSHIPS

Noun

wardships

plural of wardship

Anagrams

• shipwards

Source: Wiktionary


WARDSHIP

Ward"ship, n.

1. The office of a ward or keeper; care and protection of a ward; guardianship; right of guardianship. Wardship is incident to tenure in socage. Blackstone.

2. The state of begin under a guardian; pupilage. It was the wisest act . . . in my wardship. B. Jonson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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