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Meanings of trusteeship in English

A dependent country; administered by another country under the supervision of the United Nations.

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Examples for "trust territory"
Examples for "trust territory"
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It used to be a French trust territory & became independent in accordance with the provisions of the trusteeship agreement.
The new yorker
2
The Trust Territory hope someday to convert Nan Madol into a Micronisian national park.
The new yorker
3
Description of the greatest landmark in the Trust Territory - the ruins of Nan Madol.
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Usage of trusteeship in English
1
It is a charge; it is a possession, but part in trusteeship.
The Egoist: A Comedy in Narrative
2
I am impelled to congratulate the Assembly for its wise, efficient trusteeship.
Messages to America / Selected Letters and Cablegrams Addressed ...
3
I've been carrying out his instructions in regard to that confounded trusteeship.
From the Housetops
4
And under her father's will his family there is considered in trusteeship.
The Fortieth Door
5
By the bye, how would Constance understand the duties of her trusteeship?
Our Friend the Charlatan
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Two-thirds thought payment would encourage a wider range of people to consider trusteeship.
The Guardian
7
Oct. 26-Germanproperty in France not confiscated, but taken into trusteeship.
The New York Times Current History: the European War, February, ...
8
C. Marshall, wanted to turn Palestine over to the trusteeship of the U.N.
The new yorker
9
You see I was honoured and gloried by a trusteeship of the British Museum.
Life and Letters of Thomas Henry Huxley — Volume 3
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We can deal during our trusteeship with the corpus only.
The Lady of the Shroud
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I resigned my trusteeship, and they saw me not again.
California Sketches, New Series
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Eithne Woulfe explains the trusteeship and patronage options involved Schools are changing and so is society.
The Irish Times
13
Here dwelt the aged in trusteeship over the land, while the young and sturdy builded Pa-Ramesu.
The Yoke / A Romance of the Days when the Lord Redeemed the Chil...
14
They are generally under the trusteeship of religious communities, boards of governors, individuals or trust bodies.
The Irish Times
15
And once more there shot through the Colonel a vague dread, as of a trusteeship neglected.
The Dark Flower
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All these are peoples to whom we have been bound by ties of kinship or trusteeship.
England and the War
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