aldermanship

English

Etymology

alderman +‎ -ship

Noun

aldermanship (plural aldermanships)

The condition, position, or office of an alderman.
- 1592, Matthew Sutcliffe, An Answer to a certaine libel supplicatorie […] :
  the Geneuian Aldermanshippe began vnder the lawe, and was practised under the Gospell

References

“aldermanship”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

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