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secretaryship|ˈsɛkrɪtərɪʃɪp|
[f. secretary n.1 + -ship.]
†1. The duties of a secretary. Also (cf. secretary n.1 2 d), skill or practice in letter-writing.
1530Palsgr. Introd. 44 He may be able to do servyce in the faict of secretarishype. 1593G. Harvey Pierces Super. 8 A fine-witted man,..with a nimble dexterity of liuely conceite, and exquisite secretaryship. 1607T. Walkington Opt. Glass Ded. ⁋2 Wise parly and communication giues the vent and easie flow, and secretariship the sale. Ibid. 83 As though they alone were Italian Magnificoes and great Turkes for secretariship.
2. The office of secretary.
1550Edw. VI Jrnl. 6 Sept. Lit. Rem. (Roxb.) 292 Mr. Wotton gave his secretaryship, and Mr. Cicil toke it. 1670G. H. Hist. Cardinals iii. iii. 321 He has confirm'd..Monsignour Piccolomini in his Secretaryship of the Memorials. 1711Swift Let. to Stella 19 Apr., Little Harrison the Tatler goes to-morrow to the secretaryship I got him at the Hague. 1796Ld. Grenville in Paget Papers (1896) I. 109 This appointment will vacate the secretaryship of Embassy at Madrid. 1809G. Rose Diaries (1860) II. 402 The Secretaryship-at-War was offered to him. 1885Field 7 Feb. 150/2 Mr. Burton had expressed a wish to retire from the secretaryship [of a hunt]. 1893Law Times XCV. 27/2 In 1858,..a Secretaryship of State for India was established. |
