Emily Dickinson Lexicon

MAS'TER-SHIP, n.

1. Dominion; rule; supreme power.
2. Superiority; preeminence. Where noble youths for mastership should strive. Dryden.
3. Chief work; master-piece. [Not used.] Dryden.
4. Superior skill. Shak.
5. Title of respect; in irony. How now, signior Launce, what news with your mastership? Shak.
6. The office of president of a college, or other institution.