masterhood

In those days nearly all the writers who had clustered around the great editor John W. Campbell of _Astounding Science Fiction_ to create the so-called "Golden Age" period of the 1940s were still alive, and they were the obvious choices for grand-masterhood in the next few years.

Asimov's Science Fiction 2004

Cruelty was there instead, and courage, a desire of masterhood, cunning, and a wish for mischief.

Barchester Towers 2004

Unless the channel has attained a state of Buddha-Christ masterhood—very few have—the wavy manner in which energy moves through demarcation zones between dimensions makes pristine, definitive thoughts next to impossible for a human to receive.

Arcturian Songs of the Masters of Light Patricia L. Pereira 1999

Unless the channel has attained a state of Buddha-Christ masterhood—very few have—the wavy manner in which energy moves through demarcation zones between dimensions makes pristine, definitive thoughts next to impossible for a human to receive.

Arcturian Songs of the Masters of Light Patricia L. Pereira 1999

They refused to be mere servants, and this was natural in South Africa 'where every white man has tasted more or less the sweets of masterhood himself'.

Class & Colour in South Africa 1850-1950 - Chapter 8 Ray Esther 1969

Backed ultimately by their absolute and irresponsible masterhood at home over the deported Blacks, the European abductors could easily render permanent in the minds of their captives the abject terror struck into them by the enormities of which they had been the victims.

West Indian Fables by James Anthony Froude Explained by J. J. Thomas

He would not be false to his own sense of masterhood, nor allow people to think him bold when his critics were away, and cowardly in their presence.

The Life of Jesus of Nazareth Rush Rhees

"You may judge my masterhood of craft by seeing that I can draw a circle unerringly."

Music Talks with Children Thomas Tapper

Guy or a Keene -- in whom they recognize masterhood, and the right and power to reign.

The Continental Monthly, Vol III, Issue VI, June, 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various

It is the tongue of conquerors, the language of imperial will, of self-asserting individuality, of courage, masterhood, and freedom.

The Continental Monthly, Vol. 4, No. 6, December 1863 Devoted to Literature and National Policy Various