The jurisdiction, authority, charge, or office of a bailie, n. or bailiff, n., in the original sense; jurisdiction or charge committed to an…

Stewardship. literal and figurative. Obsolete.

The action of dispense, v., in various senses: dealing out, distribution, bestowal; administration, management; dispensation; the making up of…

The orderly administration of things committed to one's charge; the function or office of administrator or steward; stewardship. archaic.

Dispensation; stewardship.

The office, action, or capacity of a procurator (procurator, n.1 1); management or representation on behalf of another. letter of procuracy n. =…

Management on behalf of another; stewardship; (also) the area of responsibility of a manager. Obsolete.

Agency, procuratory, part (in affairs).

Conduct of the office of steward; administration, management, control.

The office, position, or function of proctor (in various senses of proctor, n.1).

Stewardship. (Cf. bailieship, n.) Obsolete.

Chiefly in biblical contexts: the state or occupation of being a steward; stewardship. Obsolete.

Chiefly Scottish. The employment, office, or position of a factor (cf. esp. factor, n. 3a 3b); the authority to act as a factor for another…

The process of acting as an agent (agent, n.1 2); the position, role, or function of an agent, deputy, or representative; an instance of this…

Stewardship.

The position, role, or function of an agent (in various senses); agency. Also: an instance of this.

The work or professional service of a factor; the action of buying or selling goods on commission; factoring. Also figurative.

Management by a proctor; spec. the collection of tithes by a tithe-proctor.

The position or office of controller of ecclesiastical affairs. Cf. oeconomus, n.

The action of the verb, in various senses.

= stewardship, n. 3.

The system of management of property by factors (factor, n. 3a).