prefectshipn.
/ˈpriːfɛktʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈpriˌfɛk(t)ˌʃɪp/ The position, role, or office of a prefect (in various senses); (also) a period of such office, prefectural tenure.
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society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > chief magistrate of a district > [noun] > prefect > position of
prefecture?a1439
prefectureship1606
prefectship1609
prefectorship1648
prefecturate1873
society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > governor of province, dependency, or colony > governors by country > [noun] > ancient Roman > prefect > position of
provostry1420
prefecture?a1439
provosty1443
provostship1546
prefectureship1606
prefectship1609
1609 P. Holland tr. Ammianus Marcellinus Rom. Hist. 331 Successors after him in the Prefectship of the citie.
1681 Bp. S. Parker Demonstr. Divine Authority 219 Though he [sc. Caesar Augustus] might begin the Muster at the time of our Saviour's Nativity, yet he might not finish the Tax till the Prefectship of Cyrenius.
1756 A. Butler Lives Saints I. 111 He..resigned his prefectship.
1851 Encycl. Amer. XIII. 455/1 Odillon-Barrot also resigned the prefectship of the Seine.
1870 Catholic World Apr. 118/1 He succeeded Cardinal Fransoni in the prefectship of the same Congregation.
1929 Amer. Jrnl. Philol. 50 280 As Tellus was probably one of the Cereres, the era of whose priests..began by or before 39 B.C., we have an added indication of the date of his prefectship.
1944 K. Tynan Let. 29 Mar. (1994) i. 45 C. R. Morris had a long talk to me about prefectship & cooperation with the school.
1982 I. Quigley Heirs of Tom Brown xi. 193 When le Willows, head of Chowdler's house, is caught smoking, Flaggon deprives him permanently of his..school prefectship.
2005 Irish Times (Nexis) 29 Apr. 12 Dominus Iesus, produced under the prefectship of Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger,..has been a frequent bone of contention between the Vatican and Protestant churches.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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