The office, position, or rank of a bailie; the period during which someone serves as a bailie.
From 'bailie' combined with the English suffix '-ship' (indicating office or status), following the pattern of 'kingship,' 'friendship,' etc.
The '-ship' suffix is one of English's oldest ways to create abstract nouns for positions and honors, showing that bailieship was considered a genuine rank worthy of its own formal title.
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