organistshipn.
/ˈɔːɡənɪstʃɪp/, /ˈɔːɡn̩ɪstʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈɔrɡənəs(t)ˌʃɪp/ The position or office of organist, esp. in a cathedral.
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1862 Musical Standard 1 86/1 The Cathedral Organistship.
1889 Grove's Dict. Music IV. 594 He resigned the organistship of St. Patrick's in 1810.
1948 Penguin Music Mag. June 84 Bach..refused an organistship at Halle.
1991 J. Caldwell Oxf. Hist. Eng. Music I. vi. 349 His appointment was typical of the post-Reformation arrangement whereby the organistship was linked to the duties of instructor of the choristers.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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