thaneship
(ˈθeɪnʃɪp)
[f. thane1 + -ship: cf. OE. þeᵹnscipe.]
The office or position of a thane: esp. in the Sc. sense. (See also thegnship.)
| 1766 Steevens Note Shaks., Macb. i. iii. 48 The thaneship of Glamis was the ancient inheritance of Macbeth's family. 1844 Lingard Anglo-Sax. Ch. (1858) I. App. 371 These lands ceasing to support an earthly thaneship or service. 1865 Kingsley Herew. xv, He shall have..a thaneship in East Anglia. 1896 Manly Notes on Macbeth 101 Since Macbeth's accession to the thaneship of Cawdor. |