provisorship

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noun

The office or position of a provisor.

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Meanings

nounprovisorship (usually uncountable, plural provisorships)

plural provisorships

  1. uncountableusuallyThe office or position of a provisor.

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

    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

Origin

From provisor + -ship.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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