preachership

English

Etymology

From preacher +‎ -ship.

Noun

preachership (plural preacherships)

1. The role or office of a preacher.
   • 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter XIV, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC:

     the preachership of the Rolls

References

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