Paintership
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The state or position of being a painter. uncountable, usually
"Admit also a curious cunning painter, to be chief painter, let him strive also to continue still in his chief paintership, lest another pass him in cunning, and so have the name of chief painter from him, because he is more worthy than he."
Example
More examples"Admit also a curious cunning painter, to be chief painter, let him strive also to continue still in his chief paintership, lest another pass him in cunning, and so have the name of chief painter from him, because he is more worthy than he."
Etymology
From painter + -ship.
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