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laureateship|ˈlɔːriːətʃɪp|
[f. laureate n. + -ship.]
a. The office of (poet) laureate.
1785Rolliad i. (title) Probationary Odes for the Laureatship. 1813Scott Let. to Jas. Ballantyne 24 Aug. in Lockhart, I have a letter by order of the Prince Regent offering me the laureateship in the most flattering terms. 1858Masson Milton I. 387 The year 1632 was (nominally) the thirteenth year of the laureateship of Ben Jonson.
b. The personality of a laureate (used jocosely, with possessive pron., as a title).
1732Gentl. Mag. 563/2 Here, replied his Laureatship, are my Works, presenting a large Volume in Quarto. 1829Southey Epistle in Anniversary 21 To personate my injured Laureateship. |