שׁוּלְטָנוּת, (preced.) rulership, office. Y. Ab. Zar. III, beg. 42ᵇ אם … שהן של ש׳ if it is sure that they (the images) represent officers, opp. של מלכים royal images (which are worshipped). Gen. R. s. 68, end (ref. to Gen. XXVIII, 12) אלו שרי … ששָׁלְטְנוּתָן גומרת בהן that means the genii of the four empires whose power is complete through them (?).—Pl. שׁוּלְטָנִיּוֹת, שָׁלְ׳. Gen. R. s. 82 היו מלכיות וש׳ רוצות וכ׳ (not ושלטנות; ed. Wil. ושלטוניות, corr. acc.) royalties and governorships were anxious to be connected with them, v. שִׁלְטוֹן.