Laureateship
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 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."
Example
More examples"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.