Ministryship
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 The office of a minister uncountable
"October 15 1730, Jonathan Swift, The Answer of William Pulteney to Sir Robert Walpole Heaven forbid that the welfare of a great kingdom, and of a brave people, should be trusted with the thread of a single subject's life; for I suppose it is not yet in your view to entail the ministryship in your family."
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More examples"October 15 1730, Jonathan Swift, The Answer of William Pulteney to Sir Robert Walpole Heaven forbid that the welfare of a great kingdom, and of a brave people, should be trusted with the thread of a single subject's life; for I suppose it is not yet in your view to entail the ministryship in your family."
Etymology
From ministry + -ship.
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