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What is the noun for mayorship?

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mayor
  1. The leader of a city, or a municipality, sometimes just a figurehead and sometimes a powerful position. In some countries, the mayor is elected by the citizens or by the city council.
  2. By restriction, a male municipal leader
  3. (historical) The steward of some royal courts, particularly in early Medieval France
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “What is startling about this statement is the degree to which this mayor is simply abdicating responsibility for governing the city.”
      “They picketed the mayor and town clerk's offices, demanding the immediate release of their salary arrears for February and March.”
      “Just like that dead mayor of ours, she said that middle and low-class families would get a better life.”
mayoress
  1. A female mayor.
  2. The wife of a (male) mayor.
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “The unusual factor is that when she was 12 years old she was installed as mayoress of Umtata.”
      “He duly turned up on the day with his mayoress wife, Sue, and joined in the fun.”
      “The mayor of Swindon arrived in his full mayoral regalia with his wife and mayoress, Pamela.”
mayoralty
  1. The office (or term of office) of a mayor.
  2. Examples:
    1. “His deeper political reason for calling lay in his design to become a candidate for the mayoralty position in Oakland, California.”
      “For one thing, those close to him insist he wants no part of Toronto's mayoralty.”
      “The Taipei mayoralty has always been a springboard for higher political office.”
mayordom
  1. The tenure of a mayor.
mayorship
  1. The position or role of a mayor.
  2. Examples:
    1. “During his mayorship, he demonstrated great administrative ability but a disastrously ill-tuned political antenna.”
      “Next we arrived at the seat of the district of Sants-Montjuic, tambiĆ© well-known n like mayorship of district.”
      “After serving a term as councillor, he went on to contest and win the mayorship.”
mayour
  1. Obsolete form of mayor.
mayory
  1. (archaic) The mayor's office.
mayorships
  1. plural of mayorship
mayoralties
  1. plural of mayoralty
  2. Examples:
    1. “Where mayoralties have worked they have worked with strong characters who would have been or were already strong council leaders.”
mayordoms
  1. plural of mayordom
mayoresses
  1. plural of mayoress
mayours
  1. plural of mayour
mayories
  1. plural of mayory
mayors
  1. plural of mayor
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “Last Friday the firm's staff, local mayors and deputy mayors and other dignitaries were invited to the official launch.”
      “Up to now local public representatives, excluding council chairpersons and mayors, have only received expenses for their work.”
      “Bitter feuds between regents and mayors and their local legislative councils have often taken place in Indonesia, resulting in their removal.”
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