championship
See also: Championship
English
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editNoun
editchampionship (countable and uncountable, plural championships)
- (sports) A competition to determine a champion, especially the final of a series of competitions.
- The position of champion, or winner.
- Defense or support of some cause.
- His championship of civil rights eventually bore fruit.
- 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm […], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
- They had also dropped their championship of Jones, who had given up hope of getting his farm back and gone to live in another part of the county.
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editcompetition to determine a champion
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position of champion, or winner
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Cebuano
editEtymology
editCompared to the preceding days, being the night before the burial, the night where most people show up in a wake.
Noun
editchampionship
Usage notes
edit- Most wakes last up to nine days, equal to the number of novena days. They may last longer or briefer depending on the family's wishes or reasons.
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