stewardship (stuardship)

[ tions of a steward. He hym gaue, withynne a litill space, Of all his lande the Stiwar [d ] shepe to holde, And full power to rewle it as he wold. Generydes (E. E. T. S.), 1. 1056. Give an account of thy stewardship , for thou mayest be no longer steward. Luke xvi. 2.