curatorshipn.
/kjᵿˈreɪtəʃɪp/, /kjʊəˈreɪtəʃɪp/, /kjɔːˈreɪtəʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈkjʊˌreɪdərˌʃɪp/, /kjʊˈreɪdərˌʃɪp/ The office or position of a curator (in various senses of curator n.).
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the world > action or operation > safety > protection or defence > care, protection, or charge > [noun] > one who looks after > guardian of minor or incapable person > office of
tutoryc1400
tutelec1420
curatory?1478
tuteleship1557
tutorship1559
curatorship1590
tutelage1605
tutorage1617
curature1618
pro-tutory1664
curacya1734
curation1749
conservatorship1871
tutelarship1875
1590 H. Swinburne Briefe Treat. Test. & Willes vii. f. 246 If the names be artificiall, not naturall, as to use proctorship, for curatorship.
1726 J. Ayliffe Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani 186 They..are exempted..from Guardianships, Curatorships and the like.
1861 G. Wilson & A. Geikie Mem. E. Forbes xi. 351 His acceptance of the Curatorship of the Zoological Society.
1895 Scotsman 6 Feb. 9/6 I..was promoted to the Magistracy, and to the Curatorship of the Edinburgh University.
1983 N.Y. Times (Nexis) 4 Nov. (Late City Final ed.) c20/5 The show is under the overall curatorship of Graham Hughes, the editor of Arts Review.
2002 Oxoniensia 66 p. iii After completing a Museum Diploma in 1959 she was promoted to the curatorship at the Royal Museum, Canterbury, where she set about modernising the collection.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2021).
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