sultanship

English

Etymology

From sultan +‎ -ship.

Noun

sultanship (countable and uncountable, plural sultanships)

1. The office or status of a sultan.
   • 2006, John N. Paden, Muslim Civic Cultures and Conflict Resolution, page 128:

     In essence, he moved the symbolism of the sultanship from an emirate or caliphal base to a national base. Various Muslim circles and conferences outside Nigeria came to regard him as the chief spokesman for Nigerian Muslims.