provisorship

English

Etymology

From provisor +‎ -ship.

Noun

provisorship (usually uncountable, plural provisorships)

1. The office or position of a provisor.
   • 1612–1613 (date written), John Webster, The Tragedy of the Dutchesse of Malfy. […], London: […] Nicholas Okes, for Iohn Waterson, […], published 1623, →OCLC, Act I, scene ii:

     A worthy fellow h' is: pray let me entreat for / The prouiſorſhip of your horſe.

Further reading

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