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单词 overseership
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overseershipn.

Brit. /ˈəʊvəsɪəˌʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈoʊvərˌsɪrˌʃɪp/
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: overseer n., -ship suffix.
Etymology: < overseer n. + -ship suffix.
The office or position of overseer; (also) supervision.
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society > authority > control > person in control > [noun] > superintendent > supervisor or overseer > position of
supervisorship1482
overseership1647
1647 N. Bacon Hist. Disc. Govt. 137 Leaving to the King onely an overseership.
1813 Examiner 8 Feb. 91/2 I was..appointed Overseer of the parish; and..six months before my overseership terminated, I received another paper.
a1832 G. Almar Rover's Bride (1836) ii. i. 27 The fatal consequence of combining the overseership with the beadleism!
1868 Friends' Q. Examiner 2 49 (heading) Thoughts on the Overseership.
1910 Daily Chron. 23 Apr. 9/3 Overseership until the boys are able to look after themselves.
1960 E. Wilson Jrnl. 1 Jan. in Sixties: Last Jrnl. (1993) 8 The scandal of his divorce cost him his overseership at Harvard.
1993 Harvard Stud. Classical Philol. 95 87 Where it directly offends the gods (which will not be infrequently, given their overseership of the entire moral order).
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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