ministryship

English

Etymology

ministry +‎ -ship

Noun

ministryship (uncountable)

1. The office of a minister

   Synonyms: ministership, ministry

   • 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.

References

• “ministryship”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.