justiceship

English

Etymology

From justice +‎ -ship.

Noun

justiceship (plural justiceships)

1. The office or dignity of a justice.
   • 1597, Acts of the Privy Council of England:

     her Majesty hath also commaunded that Sir Thomas Norreis shall leave the chardg of the Justiceshippe

References

• “justiceship”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.