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Grammar : Noun

Spell : gahr-dee-uh n-ship

Phonetic Transcription : ˈgɑr di ənˌʃɪp

Définition of guardianship

Origin : 1550s, from guardian + -ship.

noun caretaking

Example sentences :

He explained the necessity of it to Angelique, by speaking of the guardianship.
Extract from : « The Dream » by Emile Zola

Imogen is under the guardianship of simplicity, her favourite pupil.
Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin

To women has been granted the guardianship of the Life-Force.
Extract from : « The Truth About Woman » by C. Gasquoine Hartley

Her grandfather found her at last and took her under his guardianship.
Extract from : « Victor's Triumph » by Mrs. E. D. E. N. Southworth

These creatures were for the guardianship of the human race.
Extract from : « The Golden Woman » by Ridgwell Cullum

"Your guardianship had its anxieties, I perceive," said Davis, dryly.
Extract from : « Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) » by Charles James Lever

You may discover that Sir Within has no right to exercise this guardianship.
Extract from : « Luttrell Of Arran » by Charles James Lever

At his death the mother is entitled to the guardianship and custody.
Extract from : « The History of Woman Suffrage, Volume IV » by Various

The ideas attendant on both are combined in the modern idea of guardianship.
Extract from : « Ancient Law » by Sir Henry James Sumner Maine

My father says so, and as you are under his guardianship he ought to know.
Extract from : « The Young Acrobat of the Great North American Circus » by Horatio Alger Jr.

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