单词 | commissionership |
释义 | commissionershipn. 1. The district under the jurisdiction of a commissioner (commissioner n. 2). Now chiefly historical.Recorded earliest in chief commissionership.Frequently with reference to the British Empire, esp. British India. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > territorial jurisdiction or areas subject to > territory under a governor or official > [noun] > under other specific governors or officials sergeancy1371 limitation1535 commissionership1625 warnership1636 mairie1650 regency1656 grieveship1711 see land1732 residentship1800 banate1804 intendancy1810 field-cornetcy1826 inspectorate1883 1625 S. Purchas tr. A. De Herrera Descr. W. Indies in Pilgrimes III. 878 The Citie of Saint Sauiour..is a chiefe Commissionership [Sp. Alcadia Maior] with title of his Maiestie. 1846 Jrnl. Royal Statist. Soc. 10 295 These tables are from..the Commissioner of the Saugor and Nerbuddah territories, and give the prices at seven markets within his commissionership. 1884 Pall Mall Gaz. 19 Nov. 3/2 If the Government is wise they will add to his commissionership the whole of the Kalahari desert. 1902 Rep. Admin. Punjab & its Dependencies ii. i. 53 These [districts], together with the districts of Mooltan and Jhang, previously in the Lahore Division, were constituted a new Commissionership. 2007 C. V. Prakash Encycl. N.-E. India II. ii. xvii. 526 Lord Curzon's anxiety to reduce Bengal's size..tempted him to add commissionerships of Dacca and Mymensingh to the areas to be detached from Bengal. 2. The position, office, or term of office of a commissioner (in various senses). ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > public officials > senior or chief public officials > [noun] > commissioner > office of commissionership1638 commissionship1802 1638 Charles I Let. 7 Dec. in Bp. G. Burnet Mem. Dukes of Hamilton (1677) 107 I hope you do not conceive, that the Date of your Commissionership is out. 1647 Perfect Occurr. Parl. No. 16. 125 The businesse related to his Commissionership in receiving the King from the Scots at Newcastle. 1754 Let. to Chevalier de St. George 5 Eight came in a String on a Promise of the same vacant Commissionership. 1789 J. Byng Diary 2 July in C. B. Andrews Torrington Diaries (1935) II. 125 I shou'd suppose his situation, as to salary..and estimation, infinitely better than a Commissionership of Stamps. 1815 W. Scott Guy Mannering I. iii. 34 Commissioner Bertram; he got his commissionership in the great contest for the county. 1879 Harper's Mag. Dec. 144/2 He is more likely to bag the Plenipotentiaryship, or the Commissionership. 1919 Engin. & Mining Jrnl. 18 Jan. 140/1 During his commissionership he had devoted special attention to the nature and forms of mineral depositions. 1986 N. A. M. Rodger Wooden World (1988) i. 33 These commissioners were always post-captains on half-pay, and a commissionership was regarded as the equivalent of a rear-admiral's flag in status. 2003 Daily Tel. 18 Apr. 4/4 Working his way to a knighthood and the commissionership of the Metropolitan Police. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1625 |
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