servitorshipn.
/ˈsəːvᵻtəʃɪp/, /ˈsəːvᵻtɔːʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈsərvədərˌʃɪp/, /ˈsərvəˌtɔrˌʃɪp/ 1. Oxford University. The state or condition of being a servitor (sense 5a); a position at a college as a servitor. Now historical.
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society > education > learning > learner > college or university student > [noun] > student receiving allowance > position of
subsistership?1589
subsizarship1599
servitorship1773
sizarship1782
postmastership1808
1773 J. Boswell Jrnl. 28 Aug. in Jrnl. Tour Hebrides (1785) 130 Dr. Johnson..by his interest with the Rev. Dr. Adams, master of Pembroke College, Oxford,..obtained a servitorship for young M'Aulay.
1838 R. Philip Life & Times G. Whitefield i. 35 His chief dependence was upon the emoluments of servitorship.
1912 Essex Rev. 21 11 The ‘poor-scholar’ whose sleeveless rag of a gown and tasselless round cap indicated his servitorship.
2011 I. Hesketh Sci. Hist. Victorian Brit. 45 Stubbs was lucky enough to secure a servitorship at Christ Church, Oxford, in 1844.
2. The condition of being a servitor (in various other senses). rare.
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society > authority > subjection > service > servant > [noun] > condition or occupation of
servicec1300
servantship1560
servantry1615
servitude1651
servitorship1824
1824 Blackwood's Edinb. Mag. 15 254 Postmen, beadles, scavengers, chimney-sweeps—the whole pecus of parochial servitorship was at my gate.
1935 Australasian (Melbourne) 8 June 16/2 No matter how deeply a man's sense of servitorship may be ingrained, by breathing the air of the United States he becomes freed of his inferiority complex.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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