laureateship

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noun

The state, or office, of a laureate.

OriginProto-Germanic *skapjaną ← English laureate →
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Meanings

nounlaureateship (usually uncountable, plural laureateships)

plural laureateships

  1. uncountableusuallyThe state, or office, of a laureate.

    Davenant, the last holder of the laureateship, had died two years previously, and Howell, the well known author of the Epistolæ Ho-Elianæ, and the late holder of the historiographership, four years before.

    1881, George Saintsbury, “Dryden”, in English Men of Letters

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
laurelship

Origin

  1. Englishlaureate
  2. Proto-Germanic*skapjaną
  3. Englishlaureateship

From laureate + -ship.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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