monitorshipn.
/ˈmɒnᵻtəʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈmɑnədərˌʃɪp/ The office, position, or term of monitor; the action or practice of monitoring. Also: the monitors of a school or college collectively.
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1641 ‘Smectymnuus’ Vindic. Answer Hvmble Remonstr. §15. 187 Those..who..might be fit Monitors..were designed to that office of Monitorship.
1847 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 14 292 They not only pay the boys and girls for acquiring a knowledge of the business, but they also pay the person who, during their monitorship and apprenticeship, is to have the benefit of their assistance, for teaching them.
1851 R. Nesbit in J. M. Mitchell Mem. R. Nesbit (1858) xii. 301 The Government Institution has such advantages over us..in monitorships and teacherships, &c.
1866 Harvard Mem. Biogr., C. B. Brown I. 359 He met his expenses by keeping school during the winter and with the aid furnished by the college monitorship.
1972 N.Y. Times 8 May 15/1 United Mine Workers of America agreed here today to seek an immediate monitorship over the U.M.W. president..under an order that is to be drawn up by the United States District Court in Washington.
1995 San Diego Union-Tribune 20 July (Night & Day section) 57 ‘He tries to maintain continuous monitorship of all his thoughts as a way of understanding’ himself and being under control.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2002; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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