custodianship

English

Etymology

From custodian +‎ -ship.

Noun

custodianship (countable and uncountable, plural custodianships)

1. The office, or the duty of a custodian.
   • 2022 May 4, Dr Joseph Brennan, “When the railways met stately homes...”, in RAIL, number 956, page 61:

     The erection and splendour of these structures - tunnels, shafts, stations and bridges included - of which landowners, with their centuries of custodianship over long-sheltered environs, were uniquely situated to ensure.

Translations

The office, or the duty of a custodian

Dutch: voogdij (nl) Swedish: förmyndarskap (sv) n

References

• “custodianship”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.