Laureateship

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The state, or office, of a laureate. uncountable, usually

    "Davenant, the last holder of the laureateship, had died two years previously, and Howell, the well known author of the Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ, and the late holder of the historiographership, four years before."

Synonyms

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laurelship

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"Davenant, the last holder of the laureateship, had died two years previously, and Howell, the well known author of the Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ, and the late holder of the historiographership, four years before."

Etymology

From laureate + -ship.

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