war·den

(wôrd′n)

1. The chief administrative official of a prison.

2. An official charged with the enforcement of certain laws and regulations: an air raid warden.

3. Chiefly British

a. The chief executive official in charge of a port or market.

b. Any of various crown officers having administrative duties.

c. One of the governing officials of certain colleges, schools, guilds, or hospitals; a trustee.

4. The chief executive of a borough in certain states.

5. A churchwarden.

[Middle English wardein, from Old North French, from warder, to guard, of Germanic origin; see wer- in Indo-European roots.]

war′den·ship′ n.

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wardenship

(ˈwɔːdənʃɪp)

1. the position of a warden

2. preservation

3. money dedicated to a warden

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Noun

wardenship - the position of warden

berth, billet, post, situation, position, office, place, spot - a job in an organization; "he occupied a post in the treasury"

References in classic literature

It provides that he shall exercise the full authority of Warden, and shall have the disposal of the annual revenue attached to the office, until my return, or, failing that, until Bruno comes of age: and that he shall then hand over, to myself or to Bruno as the case may be, the Wardenship, the unspent revenue, and the contents of the Treasury, which are to be preserved, intact, under his guardianship."

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DAYS of Truce had been a feature in the administration of border justice since the mid 13th century when the wardenship system was formally established.

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He had extended his Hampshire commitments with the acquisition of land in the nearby manors of Wicor and Portchester Castle, and through the purchase of the wardenship of Bere Forest By the later part of 1698 he was actively exercising his role as warden (3) He lost his Parliamentary seat in 1700 and regained it in 1702, the year of his ill-fated marriage to Elizabeth, third daughter of the 1st Earl of Gainsborough (Settlement), and then declined to stand again for Parliament at the 1705 election (Cruickshanks, Handley and Hayton).

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Frederick's stewardship of the Lewis Club so impressed Liverpool's elders that he was offered a second important post in the battle to alleviate poverty - the wardenship of the Liverpool University Settlement.

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Not least, the book documents how generations of Welsh speaking students became radicalised epiphanies in the intensely political atmosphere of Pantycelyn Hall under the liberal, but inspirational, wardenship of historian John Davies, Bwlchllan.

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