stewardship

English

Etymology

From Middle English stiwardshepe, equivalent to steward +‎ -ship.

Pronunciation

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Noun

stewardship (countable and uncountable, plural stewardships)

1. The rank or office of a steward.
2. The act of caring for or improving with time.

   Foresters believe in stewardship of the land.

   • 2019 May 19, Alex McLevy, “The final Game Of Thrones brings a pensive but simple meditation about stories (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club‎^[1], archived from the original on 22 May 2019:

     In selecting Bran Stark, the lords of Westeros are choosing to value these stories and memories above whatever other qualities might make a good ruler, and more specifically, put an end to the caprices of heritage that have allowed bloodlines to wreak havoc on good stewardship of these kingdoms.

Translations

office of a steward

• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Czech: správcovství n
• Finnish: isännöitsijyys, pehtorius, edustajuus (fi), purserius, stuerttius, luottamusmiesasema
• French: intendant (fr) m
• Galician: mordomía (gl) f, mordomádego m
• German: Stewardamt n
• Irish: reachtaireacht f
• Italian: steward (it)
• Manx: meoirsynys m
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: до́лжность управля́ющего f (dólžnostʹ upravljájuščevo)
• Spanish: administración (es)
• Swedish: förvaltarskap n (the position), förvaltning (sv) c (the organisation), förvaltare (sv) c (the title)
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

act of caring for/improving with time

• Inuktitut: ᐊᕙᑎᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᑲᒪᑦᓯᐊᕐᓂᖅ (afatittinnik kamatsiarniq)
• Maori: kaitiakitanga
• Spanish: mayordomía (es) f