commissaryship

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noun

The position or employment of a commissary.

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Meanings

nouncommissaryship (countable and uncountable, plural commissaryships)

plural commissaryships

  1. countableuncountableThe 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 Walthoe […], →OCLC

Origin

From commissary + -ship.

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APA

commissaryship. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commissaryship

MLA

“commissaryship.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commissaryship. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “commissaryship,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/commissaryship.

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