mastership

noun5

1. •
   The state or office of a master.

   • [...] wee haue one in heauen who is maister of vs all, as sainct Paule sayeth: there will be no accepting of persons, there shall bee no more bondage or mastershippe for men too alleage before God. — 1574
2. •
   Mastery: dominion, superiority, control.

   • Passage to you, your shores, ye aged fierce enigmas! Passage to you, to mastership of you, ye strangling problems! — 1870
3. •
   Superior skill; expertness.
4. •
   A title of respect, sometimes ironic.

   • How now, Signior Launce! what news with your mastership? — 1590
5. •
   (no longer used) Chief work; masterpiece.