[f. prec. + -SHIP.] The office of a coadjutor; helping co-operation.

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1668.  Lond. Gaz., No. 243/2. The Coadjutorship of Munster … confirmed to Monsegnior Furstemberg, Prince and Bishop of Paterburne; who is likewise to succeed in the Bishoprick of Munster.

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1864.  L. N. Comyn, Atherstone Priory, I. 10. His coadjutorship was sought for and given, on all sorts of occasions.

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1878.  Seeley, Stein, II. 369. When Dalberg was as yet only a candidate for the Co-adjutorship.

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