ministryship en · NOUN
Etymology
From ministry + -ship.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The office of a minister
October 15 1730, Jonathan Swift, The Answer of William Pulteney to Sir Robert Walpole Heaven forbid that the welfare of a great kingdom, and of a brave people, should be trusted with the thread of a single subject's life; for I suppose it is not yet in your view to entail the ministryship in your family.