historiographershipn.
/hɪˌstɒrɪˈɒɡrəfəʃɪp/, /hɪˌstɔːrɪˈɒɡrəfəʃɪp/, /ˌhɪstɒrɪˈɒɡrəfəʃɪp/, /ˌhɪstɔːrɪˈɒɡrəfəʃɪp/, U.S. /hɪˌstɔriˈɑɡrəfərˌʃɪp/ Now rare.
The office or position of historiographer, esp. that of Historiographer Royal (see historiographer n. 1b).
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historiographership1814
1814 W. Taylor Let. 13 Mar. in J. W. Robberds Mem. W. Taylor (1843) II. 419 I am heartily glad you [i.e. Robert Southey] got the laureateship, and wish you had also the historiographership.
1881 G. Saintsbury Dryden iii. 67 The late holder of the historiographership.
1987 Renaissance Q. 40 48 The late and faint-hearted foundation of a royal historiographership..could not succeed in dissolving the new relationship between critical learning and historical writing.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2012; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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