absenteeshipn.
/ˌabs(ə)nˈtiːʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈˌæbsənˈtiʃɪp/ Now rare.
= absenteeism n. 1.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > providing with dwelling > [noun] > with temporary accommodation > practice of landlords living away or abroad
absenteeship1777
absenteeism1821
1777 T. Campbell Philos. Surv. S. Ireland xxxvii. 364 Absenteeship would no otherwise affect Ireland, than it does the distant parts of England.
1824 W. Cobbett Hist. Protestant Reformation v. §150 The great cause of the miseries of Ireland, at this moment, is ‘absenteeship’.
1844 M. Fuller Summer on Lakes iii. 44 A place chosen by an Irish gentleman, whose absenteeship seems of the wisest kind.
1929 L. A. Waddell Makers of Civilization in Race & Hist. xiv. 254 This absenteeship of these Mesopotamian emperors in Egypt must have contributed to the usurpation of the Mesopotamian throne.
1950 P. H. Newby M. Edgeworth 44 Thady relates how his son, by guile rather than by ability, gained the agency of the Rackrent estates during the absenteeship of Sir Kit.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2009; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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