Commissaryship

noun

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Noun

1
The position or employment of a commissary. countable, uncountable
"[…]the Offices of an Officialty to an Archdeacon , and of a Chancellorship or Commissaryship to a Bishop[…]"

Example

"[…]the Offices of an Officialty to an Archdeacon , and of a Chancellorship or Commissaryship to a Bishop[…]"

Etymology

From commissary + -ship.

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