The office, rank, or position of burgomaster; the term of service as a town's chief magistrate.
From burgomaster + -ship (suffix meaning office or status, from Old English 'sciepe'). Follows the same pattern as burghership.
A burgomastership was a coveted position—holding the office meant your family could dominate a city's wealth for generations, much like oligarchs do today in some countries.
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