[f. TRAITOR sb. + -SHIP.] The function or action of a traitor. In quot. 1645, ? the personality of a traitor.
1645. Wither, Vox Pacif., 52. Nay, some among you are so void of reason, To buy their Traytorships.
1869. Ruskin, Crown Wild Olive, iv. (1898), 184. Treasure … which even our traitorship … cannot sully.
1893. Temple Bar Mag., XCIX. 2. A sense of traitorship to his own nature.
