stewardship
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- noun
- /ˈstuːərdʃɪp/
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dirección
- Biologists now welcome activity that engages the community in positive stewardship roles by helping the participants understand their natural heritage.
- stewardship program
His publisher has sent him a letter in which they memorialize his stewardship as, quote, lazy and stupid.
- His publisher has sent him a letter in which they memorialize his stewardship as, quote, lazy and stupid.
Examples
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For reasons beyond what I care to imagine, you gentlemen have found yourselves under my stewardship.
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With each change in ownership comes a change in stewardship.
Academic text (1997) -
I feel he will take this stewardship and go forth as God has intended.
Blog text (23) -
Second, Britain, under Kaning's stewardship had fully emerged as the greatest of the great powers.
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Gongmen is under the stewardship of the Masters' Council, and we will protect it.
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Under his stewardship, the full committee became particularly interested in human rights violations in Kashmir.
Academic text (2001) -
I believe they extend your stewardship of Madam Doyle's estate, despite her marriage, no?
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People at the I.I.U. believed in a benevolent, providential God who had called them into a covenant of stewardship.
Academic text (2004) -
But President Newman’s actions raise serious questions about his stewardship of this venerable institution.
Academic text (2016) -
Under his careful stewardship, the charity grew and helped thousands of families in need.
Synonyms
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The job of looking after and managing things like property, records, or a building
The job of managing money or property for other people
The responsibility for caring for and keeping valuable objects safe, like museum items
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Stewardship comes from the old job name steward, which meant 'house guardian' who ran a hall or estate for its owner. So stewardship originally meant the office or job of that guardian, and that is why we use it for the role of a steward today.