stewardship

English

Etymology

From Middle English stiwardshepe, equivalent to steward +‎ -ship.

Pronunciation

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Noun

stewardship (countable and uncountable, plural stewardships)

1. The rank or office of a steward.
2. The act of caring for or improving with time.
   • 2019 May 19, Alex McLevy, “The final Game Of Thrones brings a pensive but simple meditation about stories (newbies)”, in The A.V. Club‎^[1]:

     In selecting Bran Stark, the lords of Westeros are choosing to value these stories and memories above whatever other qualities might make a good ruler, and more specifically, put an end to the caprices of heritage that have allowed bloodlines to wreak havoc on good stewardship of these kingdoms.

   Foresters believe in stewardship of the land.

Translations

office of a steward

• Bulgarian: please add this translation if you can
• Czech: správcovství n
• Finnish: isännöitsijyys, pehtorius, edustajuus (fi), purserius, stuerttius, luottamusmiesasema
• French: intendant (fr) m
• Galician: mordomía (gl) f, mordomádego m
• German: Stewardamt n
• Irish: reachtaireacht f
• Italian: steward (it)
• Manx: meoirsynys m
• Romanian: please add this translation if you can
• Russian: до́лжность управля́ющего f (dólžnostʹ upravljájuščevo)
• Spanish: administración (es)
• Swedish: förvaltarskap n (the position), förvaltning (sv) c (the organisation), förvaltare (sv) c (the title)
• Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

act of caring for/improving with time

• Inuktitut: ᐊᕙᑎᑦᑎᓐᓂᒃ ᑲᒪᑦᓯᐊᕐᓂᖅ (afatittinnik kamatsiarniq)
• Maori: kaitiakitanga