[f. TEACHER + -SHIP.] The office, function, or position of a teacher.
1831. Harriet Livermore, A Wreath from Jessamine Lawn, II. v. 114. The one [examination] that I shall notice, took place in the third year of Mary’s teachership, which I do in order to display her happy gift in that responsible office.
1846. Thorpe, Ælfric’s Hom., II. 35. Stephen … is first in martyrdom, and first in teachership.
1868. M. Pattison, Academ. Org., vi. 253. The teacherships are filled by men of real knowledge.
1870. Athenæum, 14 May, 643. The most pressing wants of the University, in which they included … a Demonstratorship of Chemistry and Teachership of Palæontology and Modern Languages.
1885. Harper’s Mag., LXX. 210. If she had succeeded in getting the little town school teachership.
