penitentiaryship

English

Etymology

From penitentiary +‎ -ship.

Noun

penitentiaryship (uncountable)

1. The office or condition of a penitentiary of the papal court.
   • 1691, [Anthony Wood], Athenæ Oxonienses. An Exact History of All the Writers and Bishops who have had Their Education in the Most Ancient and Famous University of Oxford from the Fifteenth Year of King Henry the Seventh, Dom. 1500, to the End of the Year 1690. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] Tho[mas] Bennet […]:

     the penitentiaryship, or the prebend of St. Pancras

References

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