beneˈfactorship [f. as prec. + -ship.] The office or action of a benefactor. 1652Brome Jov. Crew ii. Wks. 1873 III. 377 His great Benefactorship among the Beggars.1691T. H[ales]Acc. New Invent. 41 His Benefactorship to his Countrey in the doing it at his own charge.