[f. LECTURE sb. (sense 4 c) + -SHIP. For the formation cf. clergyship.] The office of lecturer: a. in a church.
1634. Canne, Necess. Separ., i. § 3. 51. Many of these [pastors leave their sheep] when they see a richer lectureship comming toward them.
1654. Gataker, Disc. Apol., 36. The Lectureship at the Rolls being vacant.
1720. Swift, Fates Clergymen, Wks. 1755, II. II. 27. He got a lectureship in town of sixty pounds a year; where he preached constantly in person.
1827. Hone, Every-day Bk., II. 370. He served … the curacy and lectureship of St. Botolph.
1900. Oxf. Univ. Calendar, 35. University Patronage … Afternoon Lectureship, St Giles, Oxford … Rhayader Lectureship.
b. in a college, university, or like place.
1707. Hearne, Collect., 19 Sept. (O. H. S.), II. 49. Levins … got the Moral Philosophy Lectureship.
1863. E. Hitchcock, Remin. Amherst Coll., 48. A list of the Professorships, Preceptorships, Tutorships, and Lectureships in the College to the present time.
1871. Fraser, Life Berkeley, ii. 17. Lectureships in chemistry, botany, and anatomy.
