beneˈfactorship
[f. as prec. + -ship.]
The office or action of a benefactor.
| 1652 Brome Jov. Crew ii. Wks. 1873 III. 377 His great Benefactorship among the Beggars. 1691 T. H[ales] Acc. New Invent. 41 His Benefactorship to his Countrey in the doing it at his own charge. |