mistress-ship

mistress-ship
\\ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌship\ noun
: the condition or position of a mistress

she was looking forward to her mistress-ship of the robes — Israel Zangwill

achieved the mistress-ship of the seas

appointed to the mathematics mistress-ship


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