candidateship|ˈkændɪdət-ʃɪp| [f. candidate n. + -ship.] The position of a candidate. 1775in Perry.1829Blackw. Mag. XXV. 200 The candidateship for that uneasy and cheerless seat.1861J. Sheppard Fall Rome vii. 385 Genseric..supported..the candidateship of Olybrius.