chaplainship

English

Etymology

chaplain +‎ -ship

Noun

chaplainship (countable and uncountable, plural chaplainships)

The office or business of a chaplain.
- 1644, J[ohn] M[ilton], The Doctrine or Discipline of Divorce: […], 2nd edition, London: [s.n.], →OCLC, book:
  the Bethesda of some knight's chaplainship
The possession or revenue of a chapel.

References

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

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