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generalissimoship en · NOUN

Etymology

From generalissimo + -ship.

Meanings

1. The position or office of a generalissimo.
   • The fierce contests which were fought out during the twelfth century between the noble families of Minamoto (Genji) and Taira (Heike), and which ended in its concluding years with the elevation of Minamoto no Yoritomo to the Shogunate (Generalissimoship), brought about a noteworthy change in art... 1910, W. von Seidlitz, A History of Japanese Colour-Prints, page 36:
   • The idea here, as the chief word, ανακεφαλαιώσασθαι, is plainly military; that he might reduce under one grand command, or captaincy, or generalissimoship, in Christ... 1840, Nathan Sidney Smith Beman, The Gospel Adapted to the Wants of the World: A Sermon, page 30:
   • Li Yuan-hung was to assume the generalissimoship. ... Looking back at the chaos of the time, and the childish solution to the controversy of the generalissimoships as if we were playing a game of chess, it was indeed laughable. 1971, K. S. Liew, Struggle for Democracy: Sung Chiao-jen and the 1911 Chinese Revolution, page 134:

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