provostshipn.

Brit.

/ˈprɒvəstʃɪp/,

/ˈprɒvɒstʃɪp/, U.S.

/ˈproʊvoʊstˌʃɪp/,

/ˈproʊvəstˌʃɪp/

Forms: see provost n. and -ship suffix; also Scottish pre-1700 proweschip, pre-1700 prowestschew (transmission error).

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: provost n., -ship suffix.

Etymology: < provost n. + -ship suffix. Compare earlier provostry n., provosty n.

1. The office, term of office, position, or jurisdiction of a provost.

a. Of the provost of an ecclesiastical or educational college or university.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > monasticism > religious superior > prior > [noun] > office of

priorya1387

prepositurec1425

priorheadc1425

prioratec1475

provostship1514

priorship1563

prioracy1895

society > education > teaching > teacher > schoolteacher or schoolmaster > [noun] > head teacher > position of

provostrya1450

rectorship1582

headship1592

provostship1623

headmastership1715

scholarchate1908

1514 in T. Burton & J. Raine Hemingbrough 381 The preferment of the Priour of Drax..to the provestship of Hemmyngburgh.

1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie sig. Dii Hauynge the profyt of a Prouestshyp & a Deanry, and a Personage.

1623 in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times James I (1849) (modernized text) II. 390 The provostship of Eton seems not to be so assured to Sir William Beecher.

a1662 P. Heylyn Aerius Redivivus (1670) 315 A Colledg dedicated to the Holy Trinity; to the Provostship whereof he was invited by the Arch-bishop of Dublin.

1714 London Gaz. No. 5231/1 The Provostship of Oriel-College in Oxford.

1756 A. Butler Lives Saints I. 376 This exasperated Bertulf, who had tyrannically usurped the provostship of St. Donatian's in Bruges.

1829 S. H. Cassan Lives Bishops of Bath & Wells 104 The Succentorship and the Provostship..were..suppressed.

1857 W. B. Sprague Ann. Amer. Pulpit V. 479 Dr. Beasley resigned his Provostship [of the University of Pennsylvania] in 1828, and shortly after was invited to settle at Louisville.

1871 A. C. Fraser Life & Lett. G. Berkeley ii. 18 He entered Trinity College in June 1682... He was raised to the Provostship in August 1699.

1924 H. H. Asquith Stud. & Sketches v. 99 He was nominated by the Crown to the vacant Provostship of Eton.

1978 Church Times 24 Feb. 10 The Crown Appointments Commission..does not consider suffragan bishoprics, deaneries, provostships, or those canories which are in the gift of the Crown.

2002 New Yorker 14 Oct. 171/2 Toward the end of her provostship, the United States Department of Labor began an investigation into bias against women and minorities at Stanford.

b. Of the provost of a municipal corporation, esp. in Scotland. Lord Provostship: the office, term of office, or jurisdiction of the provost in certain major Scottish cities, such as Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, and Dundee (see Lord Provost at provost n. 6a).

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > municipal magistrate > [noun] > chief magistrate or mayor > in Scotland > position of

provostship1541

provostry1545

society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > municipal magistrate > [noun] > chief magistrate or mayor > of a foreign town or city > position of

provostry1420

provosty1443

provostship1541

prevostship1577

1541 Linlithgow Burgh Court 7 Oct. The proweschip and fredome of schirefschip within the boundis and merches of the said burgh.

a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) II. 150 [She] dischargit the lord Ruthven of his provistschipe and maid the laird of Kinphans prowest and captane of the toun.

1765 in Jrnl. Cork Hist. & Archaeol. Soc. (1906) 12 98 All other expenses attending the Provostship.

1820 A. Ranken Hist. France VII. v. i. 393 The townhall was rebuilt..under the provostship of the celebrated Miron.

1841 Times 5 Jan. 4/3 [The Whigs] determined that [the Dissenters']..attempt to foist a furious voluntary into the Lord Provostship of the metropolis should be triumphantly crushed.

1890 C. Gross Gild Merchant I. 23 On Thursday, June 29, the whole community of the borough [sc. of Ipswich in the year 1200] elect two bailiffs to take charge of the provostship of the borough.

1932 J. Bucham Sir Walter Scott vii. 186 He [sc. Bailie Nicol Jarvie in Rob Roy] has his ambitions, and dreams not only of the provostship, but of letting his lights burn before the Duke of Argyll.

1959 G. Hardin Nature & Man's Fate ii. 32 He submitted his name as a candidate for the Lord Provostship of Edinburgh, a position he much coveted.

1998 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 6 July 16 Lally, local government's Houdini, is triumphantly set to complete his provostship which lasts until the end of April.

†c. Of a Roman prefect. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > holder of office > Roman magistrates and officials > [noun] > prefect > position of

provosty1443

provostship1546

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

1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke ii. iii. 38 b During that office [sc. of Dictator], all other magistrates were abrogated except the Tribunate or Prouostship of the Commons.

1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales xiv. xii. 213 But whom shall any mans dignitie warrant, seeing the Prouostship [L. praefectura] of the citie auailed not?

1627 G. Hakewill Apologie iv. vi. 340 C. Piso first rose, and afterwards was advanced to the Provostship of the City of Rome by the said Tiberius.

d. Of a military or civil officer in charge of order (also as a title). Now rare.

ΘΚΠ

society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer according to function > [noun] > officer in charge of discipline or prisoners > position of

provostship1723

1723 tr. N. Menin Hist. & Chronol. Treat. Anointing & Coronation Kings & Queens France 290 The Regiments of French and Swiss Guards lin'd the Way..in this Order. The Horse Grenadiers..the Light Horse-Gurards... the Foot-Guards of the Provostship of the Household [etc.].

1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. vi. 136 ‘And it please your noble Provost-ship’ answered one of the clowns; ‘he was the very first..to cut down the rascal whom his Majesty's justice most deservedly hung up.’

1871 W. P. Fetridge Rise & Fall Paris Commune 505 After a long and often-interrupted march, the procession finally made its entrance into the Palais de l'Industrie, seat of the chief military provostship.

2. A collegiate society, house, or church under a provost; = provostry n. 2b.

ΚΠ

1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. IV. 201 A little royal town..containing a collegiate-church or provostship.

1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. IV. 324 Coppenberg, a noble provostship of Præmonstratenses..seated on an agreeable eminence.

1886 M. Geudens Life S. Norbert vii. 80 The latter, with his brother, being the founder of Ilbenstadt and Vorlar—two Provostships of the Order.

1977 Speculum 52 728 A ‘Tableau géographique’..listing the places,..with indications of the type of property held there in five columns: a) abbey or priory, b) provostship, c) church, chapel, [etc.].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	provostship
释义	provostshipn. Brit. /ˈprɒvəstʃɪp/, /ˈprɒvɒstʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈproʊvoʊstˌʃɪp/, /ˈproʊvəstˌʃɪp/ Forms: see provost n. and -ship suffix; also Scottish pre-1700 proweschip, pre-1700 prowestschew (transmission error). Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: provost n., -ship suffix. Etymology: < provost n. + -ship suffix. Compare earlier provostry n., provosty n. 1. The office, term of office, position, or jurisdiction of a provost. a. Of the provost of an ecclesiastical or educational college or university. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > religious superior > prior > [noun] > office of priorya1387 prepositurec1425 priorheadc1425 prioratec1475 provostship1514 priorship1563 prioracy1895 society > education > teaching > teacher > schoolteacher or schoolmaster > [noun] > head teacher > position of provostrya1450 rectorship1582 headship1592 provostship1623 headmastership1715 scholarchate1908 1514 in T. Burton & J. Raine Hemingbrough 381 The preferment of the Priour of Drax..to the provestship of Hemmyngburgh. 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie sig. Dii Hauynge the profyt of a Prouestshyp & a Deanry, and a Personage. 1623 in R. F. Williams Birch's Court & Times James I (1849) (modernized text) II. 390 The provostship of Eton seems not to be so assured to Sir William Beecher. a1662 P. Heylyn Aerius Redivivus (1670) 315 A Colledg dedicated to the Holy Trinity; to the Provostship whereof he was invited by the Arch-bishop of Dublin. 1714 London Gaz. No. 5231/1 The Provostship of Oriel-College in Oxford. 1756 A. Butler Lives Saints I. 376 This exasperated Bertulf, who had tyrannically usurped the provostship of St. Donatian's in Bruges. 1829 S. H. Cassan Lives Bishops of Bath & Wells 104 The Succentorship and the Provostship..were..suppressed. 1857 W. B. Sprague Ann. Amer. Pulpit V. 479 Dr. Beasley resigned his Provostship [of the University of Pennsylvania] in 1828, and shortly after was invited to settle at Louisville. 1871 A. C. Fraser Life & Lett. G. Berkeley ii. 18 He entered Trinity College in June 1682... He was raised to the Provostship in August 1699. 1924 H. H. Asquith Stud. & Sketches v. 99 He was nominated by the Crown to the vacant Provostship of Eton. 1978 Church Times 24 Feb. 10 The Crown Appointments Commission..does not consider suffragan bishoprics, deaneries, provostships, or those canories which are in the gift of the Crown. 2002 New Yorker 14 Oct. 171/2 Toward the end of her provostship, the United States Department of Labor began an investigation into bias against women and minorities at Stanford. b. Of the provost of a municipal corporation, esp. in Scotland. Lord Provostship: the office, term of office, or jurisdiction of the provost in certain major Scottish cities, such as Edinburgh, Glasgow, Aberdeen, and Dundee (see Lord Provost at provost n. 6a). ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > municipal magistrate > [noun] > chief magistrate or mayor > in Scotland > position of provostship1541 provostry1545 society > authority > office > holder of office > magistrate > municipal magistrate > [noun] > chief magistrate or mayor > of a foreign town or city > position of provostry1420 provosty1443 provostship1541 prevostship1577 1541 Linlithgow Burgh Court 7 Oct. The proweschip and fredome of schirefschip within the boundis and merches of the said burgh. a1578 R. Lindsay Hist. & Cron. Scotl. (1899) II. 150 [She] dischargit the lord Ruthven of his provistschipe and maid the laird of Kinphans prowest and captane of the toun. 1765 in Jrnl. Cork Hist. & Archaeol. Soc. (1906) 12 98 All other expenses attending the Provostship. 1820 A. Ranken Hist. France VII. v. i. 393 The townhall was rebuilt..under the provostship of the celebrated Miron. 1841 Times 5 Jan. 4/3 [The Whigs] determined that [the Dissenters']..attempt to foist a furious voluntary into the Lord Provostship of the metropolis should be triumphantly crushed. 1890 C. Gross Gild Merchant I. 23 On Thursday, June 29, the whole community of the borough [sc. of Ipswich in the year 1200] elect two bailiffs to take charge of the provostship of the borough. 1932 J. Bucham Sir Walter Scott vii. 186 He [sc. Bailie Nicol Jarvie in Rob Roy] has his ambitions, and dreams not only of the provostship, but of letting his lights burn before the Duke of Argyll. 1959 G. Hardin Nature & Man's Fate ii. 32 He submitted his name as a candidate for the Lord Provostship of Edinburgh, a position he much coveted. 1998 Herald (Glasgow) (Nexis) 6 July 16 Lally, local government's Houdini, is triumphantly set to complete his provostship which lasts until the end of April. †c. Of a Roman prefect. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > holder of office > Roman magistrates and officials > [noun] > prefect > position of provosty1443 provostship1546 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 1546 T. Langley tr. P. Vergil Abridgem. Notable Worke ii. iii. 38 b During that office [sc. of Dictator], all other magistrates were abrogated except the Tribunate or Prouostship of the Commons. 1598 R. Grenewey tr. Tacitus Annales xiv. xii. 213 But whom shall any mans dignitie warrant, seeing the Prouostship [L. praefectura] of the citie auailed not? 1627 G. Hakewill Apologie iv. vi. 340 C. Piso first rose, and afterwards was advanced to the Provostship of the City of Rome by the said Tiberius. d. Of a military or civil officer in charge of order (also as a title). Now rare. ΘΚΠ society > armed hostility > warrior > soldier > leader or commander > officer according to function > [noun] > officer in charge of discipline or prisoners > position of provostship1723 1723 tr. N. Menin Hist. & Chronol. Treat. Anointing & Coronation Kings & Queens France 290 The Regiments of French and Swiss Guards lin'd the Way..in this Order. The Horse Grenadiers..the Light Horse-Gurards... the Foot-Guards of the Provostship of the Household [etc.]. 1823 W. Scott Quentin Durward I. vi. 136 ‘And it please your noble Provost-ship’ answered one of the clowns; ‘he was the very first..to cut down the rascal whom his Majesty's justice most deservedly hung up.’ 1871 W. P. Fetridge Rise & Fall Paris Commune 505 After a long and often-interrupted march, the procession finally made its entrance into the Palais de l'Industrie, seat of the chief military provostship. 2. A collegiate society, house, or church under a provost; = provostry n. 2b. ΚΠ 1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. IV. 201 A little royal town..containing a collegiate-church or provostship. 1762 P. Murdoch tr. A. F. Büsching New Syst. Geogr. IV. 324 Coppenberg, a noble provostship of Præmonstratenses..seated on an agreeable eminence. 1886 M. Geudens Life S. Norbert vii. 80 The latter, with his brother, being the founder of Ilbenstadt and Vorlar—two Provostships of the Order. 1977 Speculum 52 728 A ‘Tableau géographique’..listing the places,..with indications of the type of property held there in five columns: a) abbey or priory, b) provostship, c) church, chapel, [etc.]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1514
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