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proˈvincialship
[f. provincial n. + -ship.]
The office or dignity of a provincial in an ecclesiastical or religious order.
1629Wadsworth Pilgr. iii. 29 His place..was Prefect of the English Mission, which is now by dispensation from the Pope conuerted into a Prouinciall-ship. 1679Oates Narr. Popish Plot 7 The Father General of the Society of Jesus..had conferred the Provincialship upon Thomas White. 1867R. Palmer Life P. Howard 79 The provincialship was made an honorary title. |