ˈvoivodeship
Also woiwod-, woywod-.
[f. prec. + -ship.]
1. The district or province governed by a voivode.
| 1792 Morse Amer. Geog. (1794) 662 Great Poland..is subdivided into 12 districts, called woiwodships. 1793 State Papers in Ann. Reg. 228 Following the border of the voivodship of Vilna. 1837 Penny Cycl. VIII. 133/1 Cracow, a republic..formerly part of the woywodship or palatinate of the same name in the Kingdom of Poland. |
2. The office or dignity of a voivode.
| 1886 Encycl. Brit. XXI. 16/2 Multiplying the candidates for the voivodeship. Ibid. 17/2 Serban..was raised to the voivodeship of Walachia. |