α. See provisor n. and -ship suffix.
β. 1600s prouisorsship.
单词 | provisorship |
释义 | provisorshipn.α. See provisor n. and -ship suffix. β. 1600s prouisorsship. rare. The office or position of a provisor.In quots. 1955 and 1981 in allusion to Webster. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > food > providing or receiving food > [noun] > supplying food or catering > supplier of food or caterer > official or superintendent of food > position of provisorship1623 caterership1830 society > faith > worship > benefice > advowson > [noun] > appointment to benefice not yet vacant > one who has right to > office or position of provisorship1623 1623 J. Webster Dutchesse of Malfy i. ii. sig. B4 Pray let me entreat for The prouisorship of your horse. 1623 J. Webster Dutchesse of Malfy i. ii. sig. Cv Whats my place? The prouisors-ship o'th horse? 1651 N. Bacon Contin. Hist. Disc. Govt. 209 The King hath no Power thereby to confer Church-livings by Provisorship. 1896 Amer. Hist. Rev. 1 214 They deprived Martinez of the provisorship, and forbade him to exercise the office, or to preach anything injurious to the Jews. 1955 PMLA 70 731 He persuades him to be a spy in the household of the Duchess by procuring for him the Provisorship of the Horse to the Duchess. 1981 Times 2 Apr. 11/2 Once he gets the provisorship of Ferdinand's horses he goes straight into black leather. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1623 |
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