janissaryship

English

Etymology

janissary +‎ -ship

Noun

janissaryship (plural janissaryships)

1. The position of a janissary.
   • 1977, Journal of Ukrainian Graduate Studies‎^[1]:

     What led to Dziuba's "janissaryship"?

   • 1992, The Medici in Florence‎^[2], page 257:

     [...] but as "he loses status who stays in one place", he would have to sell two of his three offices (the scriptorship and the janissaryship totalling 1,400 ducats) in order to acquire his father's abbreviatorship.

   • 2007, Hülya Canbakal, Society and Politics in an Ottoman Town: ʿAyntāb in the 17th Century‎^[3], page 87:

     Thus, Muṣṭafā b. Ḥasan, one such janissary, asked for a kadi warrant to verify his reʿāyā status on the following grounds:

     

     I had served the sultan for a couple of years claiming janissary-ship. [...]

     

   • 2018, Ali Yaycioglu, “Guarding Traditions and Laws—Disciplining Bodies and Souls: Tradition, Science, and Religion in the Age of Ottoman Reform”, in Modern Asian Studies‎^[4], volumes 52, 5, Cambridge University Press, page 1560:

     Nevertheless, Janissaryship was expressed in a set of physical features [...]

Translations

Translations

• French: janissariat (fr) m
• German: Janitschariat
• Italian: giannizzerato m
• Turkish: yeniçerilik (tr)