Championship

Origin

From champion + -ship.

Full definition of championship

Noun

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.
• Orwell Animal Farm|6They 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.