championship

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English

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Etymology

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From champion +‎ -ship.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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championship (countable and uncountable, plural championships)

  1. (sports) A competition to determine a champion, especially the final of a series of competitions.
  2. The position of champion, or winner.
  3. Defense or support of some cause.
    His championship of civil rights eventually bore fruit.
    • 1943 November – 1944 February (date written; published 1945 August 17), George Orwell [pseudonym; Eric Arthur Blair], Animal Farm [], London: Secker & Warburg, published May 1962, →OCLC:
      They had also dropped their championship of Jones, who had given up hope of getting his farm back and gone to live in another part of the county.

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Cebuano

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Etymology

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Compared to the preceding days, being the night before the burial, the night where most people show up in a wake.

Noun

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championship

  1. (chiefly Cebu, slang, humorous) the night before the day of the burial (see usage notes)

Usage notes

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  • Most wakes last up to nine days, equal to the number of novena days. They may last longer or briefer depending on the family's wishes or reasons.