Synonyms for wardship

Grammar : Noun

Spell : wawrd-ship

Phonetic Transcription : ˈwɔrd ʃɪp

Top 10 synonyms for wardship

Other synonyms for the word wardship

Définition of wardship

As in protection : noun care, guardianship
As in care : noun custody of person, usually child
As in superintendence : noun care
As in custody : noun supervision, charge of something

Example sentences :

The wardship of this fief and manor, during the minority of the seigneur, was in the Crown.
Extract from : « The Coinages of the Channel Islands » by B. Lowsley

The third letter stated that Jack had not been able to obtain the grant of a wardship.
Extract from : « Clare Avery » by Emily Sarah Holt

His rights of wardship over widows and orphans are stated and limited.
Extract from : « A History of England » by Charles Oman

But at least, it will be said, there was no right of wardship and marriage.
Extract from : « Domesday Book and Beyond » by Frederic William Maitland

The wardship whereof, when it should occur, was estimated at £40.
Extract from : « The Vale of Lyvennet » by John Salkeld Bland

This last (cornage) drew after it wardship, marriage, and relief.
Extract from : « Lays and Legends of the English Lake Country » by John Pagen White

Nor had Warner, consciously or not, been indifferent to the sacredness of his wardship.
Extract from : « The Gorgeous Isle » by Gertrude Atherton

How poor Marmaduke used to envy me my wardship to that good man!
Extract from : « Lost Sir Massingberd, v. 1/2 » by James Payn

The wardship idea is not the part of the American institution as it concerns them.
Extract from : « Twentieth Century Negro Literature » by Various

He had made over her wardship to me, and has no right to resume it!'
Extract from : « The Chaplet of Pearls » by Charlotte M. Yonge

Antonyms for wardship

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