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▪ I. portership1|ˈpɔətəʃɪp| [f. porter n.1 + -ship.] The office of porter or door-keeper; also with possessive, as a humorous title.
1450Rolls of Parlt. V. 197/2 Th' office of the Portership of the Castell of Rutland. 1503Act 19 Hen. VII, c. 10 §7 The office of Porter or Portershipp of the same Castell. 1592Nashe P. Penilesse Wks. (Grosart) II. 95, I commend them..to the protection of your Portership. 1610T. Cocks Diary (1901) 98 Yf Short and he got not through for the patent of the portershipp. 1886Lowell Lett. (1894) II. 349 Content with a portership in the House of the Lord. ▪ II. ˈportership2 [f. porter n.2 + -ship.] The office of a porter or carrier of burdens.
1521Maldon, Essex, Liber B. 57 The tyme yew shall contynewe in the office of portershipp of this towne. |