chaplainship

English

Etymology

From chaplain +‎ -ship.

Noun

chaplainship (countable and uncountable, plural chaplainships)

1. The office or business of a chaplain.
   • 1644, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine or Discipline of Divorce: […], 2nd edition, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, book:

     the Bethesda of some knight's chaplainship

2. The possession or revenue of a chapel.

References

“chaplainship”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.