[f. AUGUR sb. + -SHIP.] The office, or term of office, of an augur.
1618. Bolton, Florus, I. v. 14. Hence the Augurship became sacred among the Romans.
1862. Merivale, Rom. Emp. (1865), VII. lvi. 89. Priesthoods and augurships were bestowed on veteran dignitaries.
