Hypertext Webster Gateway: "umpirage"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Umpirage \Um"pi*rage\ (?; 48), n. [From {Umpire}.]
1. The office of an umpire; the power, right, or authority of
an umpire to decide.
The mind umpirage of the federal Union. --E.
Everett.
2. The act of umpiring; arbitrament. --Bp. Hall.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
umpirage
n 1: mediation by an umpire
2: the act of umpiring; "the officiating was excellent" [syn: {officiation},
{officiating}, {refereeing}]
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