[f. prec. + -SHIP.] The office of a coadjutor; helping co-operation.
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.
1864. L. N. Comyn, Atherstone Priory, I. 10. His coadjutorship was sought for and given, on all sorts of occasions.
1878. Seeley, Stein, II. 369. When Dalberg was as yet only a candidate for the Co-adjutorship.