custosshipn.
/ˈkʌstɒsʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈkəˌstɑ(s)ˌʃɪp/, /ˈkəˌstoʊ(s)ˌʃɪp/, /ˈkʊˌstoʊ(s)ˌʃɪp/ Now chiefly historical and rare.
The position or office of custos.Frequently with reference to specific offices: see custos brevium n., custos rotulorum n., custos sigilli n.
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wardenryc1420
custodery?c1430
custody1463
wardenship1464
custosship1600
wardency1845
1600 R. Parsons Storie Domesticall Diffic. in Miscellania (Catholic Rec. Soc.) (1906) 2 158 This Custoship was but a by thing for the tyme.
1626 Sir T. Wentworth Let. 19 July in J. P. Cooper Wentworth Papers (1973) 255 Mr Radcliffe, before the receipte of your letter I hard from aboue that Sir John Savile hath for himself gott the custoship.
1641 W. Prynne Antipathie 186 Thomas de Corbridge..bestowed..[the] Custoseship of the Parish of Saint Sepulcher on one Gilbert Segrave.
1672 E. Ashmole Inst. Order of Garter 176 Installation into the Custoship, Canonship, and Prebendship, is received from such of the Canons-Resident, to whom the King (who Collates) doth recommend him by his Letters.
1766 Biographia Britannica VI. ii. 4177/2 His Grace..contrived to return the blow given to Sir John in the loss of the Custos-ship, by throwing Sir Thomas out of the saddle in the most disgraceful manner.
1866 Daily News 12 Feb. 5/6 Neither the dignity of the viceroyalty nor that of the Kingston Custosship has been..enhanced..by Gordon's capture.
1938 Gleaner (Kingston, Jamaica) 12 Nov. 12/4 Such a gesture..is similar to the resignation from the Custosship of Manchester, some time ago, of Mr. Humphrey Crum-Ewing.
1993 Proc. Suffolk Inst. Archaeol. & Hist. 38 28 Suffolk was anxious to show his gratitude by securing the custosship for his cousin.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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