laureateshipn.
/ˈlɔːrɪətʃɪp/, /ˈlɒrɪətʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈlɔriᵻtˌʃɪp/ a. The office of (poet) laureate.
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1785 Rolliad i. (title) Probationary Odes for the Laureatship.
1813 W. Scott Let. 24 Aug. (1932) III. 322 I have a letter, by order of the Prince Regent, offering me the laureateship in the most flattering terms.
1858 D. Masson Life Milton I. 387 The year 1632 was (nominally) the thirteenth year of the laureateship of Ben Jonson.
b. The personality of a laureate (used jocosely, with possessive pronoun, as a title).
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1732 Gentleman's Mag. 563/2 Here, replied his Laureatship, are my Works, presenting a large Volume in Quarto.
1829 R. Southey Epist. to A. Cunningham in A. Cunningham Anniversary 21 To personate my injured Laureateship.
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