Definition of "speakership" []

• The role or status of speaker (noun)

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• "After his active extracurricular sex life was revealed and he was eased out with DeLay leading the easing, his quick replacement for the speakership was the nonconfrontational Dennis Hastert, whose top priority was decidedly not revolutionary: to bring order out of chaos in the House."
• ""In the 15 years after he left the speakership, the speaker has been working as an influence peddler in Washington.""
• "So on stage--a one-term governor; a guy who quit the speakership; a guy who lost by 18 points; and a lunatic."