[f. prec. + -SHIP.]
1. The office of a commissioner.
1815. Scott, Guy M., iii. Commissioner Bertram; he got his commissionership in the great contest for the county.
1826. Disraeli, Viv. Grey, I. i. After revelling in his fair proportion of commissionerships, and under-secretaryships, [etc.].
1884. Pall Mall G., 6 March, 1/2. A Native Department … is to be established as an indispensable adjunct to the High Commissionership [in Bechuanaland].
2. The district under a territorial commissioner.
1884. Pall Mall G., 19 Nov., 3/2. If the Government is wise they will add to his commissionership the whole of the Kalahari desert.
