residentshipn.
/ˈrɛzᵻd(ə)ntʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈrɛz(ə)dəntˌʃɪp/, /ˈrɛzədntˌʃɪp/ 1. The office or position of resident (chiefly resident n.1 2a).
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society > faith > church government > council > chapter > member of chapter > residentiary > [noun] > office of
residentship1583
residentiaryship1624
society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > diplomacy > [noun] > ambassador or envoy > resident ambassador > resident representative > of British government > office of
residentship1691
society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > [noun] > position of
governorship1549
governmentship1615
ethnarchy1641
residentship1794
proconsulate1795
proconsulship1807
seneschalsy1898
society > authority > rule or government > politics > international politics or relations > diplomacy > [noun] > ambassador or envoy > resident ambassador > resident representative > of British government > position of
residentship1890
1583 T. Stocker tr. Tragicall Hist. Ciuile Warres Lowe Countries iv. f. 5 v All..Ecclesiasticall parsons, whose Abbaies, Monasteries, Foundations, and Residentships [Fr. residences, Du. residentien]..lye without the Countries of Holland and Zealand.
1691 A. Wood Athenæ Oxonienses II. 643 He, loving Solitude, declined..the Residentship at London for the City of Hamburgh.
1711 Ld. Shaftesbury Characteristicks III. Misc. v. iii. 337 If there be any such Residentship or Agentship now establish'd; 'tis not immediately from God himself.
1794 E. Burke Speech in Reply 7 June in Writings & Speeches (2000) VII. 387 When first the forced loan was levied upon them under his Residentship.
1835 Fraser's Mag. 11 251 The prebends of Westminster are good; so are the residentships of St. Paul's.
1890 Daily News 21 June 5/6 The Residentship at Hyderabad, the ‘blue ribbon’ of the Indian political service.
1914 Times 11 July 7/1 The Government are resolved not to appoint another military man, but to give the Residentship to a politician.
1968 Mod. Asian Stud. 2 55 William Hood Treacher was promoted to the Residentship of Selangor.
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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
1800 T. H. Horne tr. L.-A. F. de Beaujour View Commerce Greece Pref. p. vii It is usual, in the French residentships [Fr. résidences] of the Levant, to spend the fine season in the country.
1805 tr. A. La Fontaine Hermann & Emilia IV. 44 I..entreated you to confer upon me an employment in the residentship.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2010; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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