Pandership

noun

noun ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The work of a pander; pimping. obsolete, uncountable

    "Nothing so much empoisoneth princes as flattery […] nor any enticement so fit, nor pandership so ordinary to corrupt the chastity of women, then to feed and entertaine them with their praises."

Example

More examples

"Nothing so much empoisoneth princes as flattery […] nor any enticement so fit, nor pandership so ordinary to corrupt the chastity of women, then to feed and entertaine them with their praises."

Etymology

From pander + -ship.

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