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sultanship

noun

Etymology

From sultan + -ship.

  1. derived from سُلْطَان
  2. derived from سلطان
  3. borrowed from sultanus
  4. borrowed from sultan
  5. suffixed as sultanship — “sultan + ship”

Definitions

  1. The office or status of a sultan.

    • In essence, he moved the symbolism of the sultanship from an emirate or caliphal base to a national base. Various Muslim circles and conferences outside Nigeria came to regard him as the chief spokesman for Nigerian Muslims.

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