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commissaryship

commissaryship noun: the position or employment of a commissary.

Noun

commissaryship (countable and uncountable, plural commissaryships)

  1. The position or employment of a commissary.
    • […]the Offices of an Officialty to an Archdeacon , and of a Chancellorship or Commissaryship to a Bishop[…]1726, John Ayliffe, Parergon Juris Canonici Anglicani: Or, A Commentary, by Way of Supplement to the Canons and Constitutions of the Church of England. […], London: […] D. Leach, and sold by John...

Forms of commissaryship

pluralcommissaryships

Origin of commissaryship

From commissary + -ship.

Questions about commissaryship

What does commissaryship mean?
Commissaryship means the position or employment of a commissary.
What part of speech is commissaryship?
Commissaryship is a noun.
What is the plural of commissaryship?
The plural of commissaryship is commissaryships.

Words near commissaryship in the dictionary

  1. commissarship
  2. commissarships
  3. commissary
  4. commissary general
  5. commissary generals
  6. commissaryship
  7. commissaryships
  8. commission
  9. commission agent
  10. commission agents
  11. commission bid

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