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n. - The position of leader.

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  • Noun : Foreign rulership of the country began in the 18th century
  • For the secret of rulership is to combine a belief in one’s own infallibility with the Power to learn from past mistakes.
  • For the secret of rulership is to combine a belief in one’s own infallibility with the power to learn from past mistakes .
  • I want there to be a new kind of rulership in Hest, where no one person has power over all the others.
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