Obs. [f. SOLE a.] The state or fact of being sole or alone in the enjoyment or exercise of a privilege, power, etc.
1641. Sir E. Dering, Sp. on Relig., ix. 33–4. This Bishop … sublimes it self by assuming a soleship both in Orders and Censures. Ibid. Unlesse you root out this soleship of Episcopacy.
1643. [Bp. L. Womock], Sober Sadnes, 37. The very name of Monarch implies a soleship of Government.
