lectureshipn.
/ˈlɛktʃəʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈlɛk(t)ʃərˌʃɪp/ The office of lecturer:
a. in a church.
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society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > person in minor orders > lector > [noun] > office of
lectorship1605
lectureship1634
lectorate1876
1634 J. Canne Necessitie of Separation i. 51 Many of these [pastors leave their sheep] when they see a richer lectureship comming toward them.
1654 T. Gataker Disc. Apol. 36 The Lecture~ship at the Rolls being vacant.
1728 J. Swift Intelligencer (1729) No. 7. 59 He got a Lectureship in Town of sixty Pounds a Year; where he preached constantly in Person.
?1808 in W. Hone Every-day Bk. (1827) II. 370 He served..the curacy and lectureship of St. Botolph.
1900 Oxf. Univ. Cal. 35 University Patronage..Afternoon Lecture~ship, St. Giles, Oxford..Rhayader Lectureship.
b. in a college, university, or like place.
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society > education > teaching > teacher > university or college teacher > [noun] > lecturer > position of
lecture1702
lectureship1707
lecturership1891
1707 T. Hearne Remarks & Coll. (1886) II. 49 Levins..got the Moral Philosophy Lectureship.
1863 E. Hitchcock Reminisc. Amherst Coll. 48 A list of the Professorships, Preceptorships, Tutorships, and Lectureships in the College to the present time.
1871 A. C. Fraser Life & Lett. G. Berkeley ii. 17 Lectureships in chemistry, botany, and anatomy.
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