factorship
(ˈfæktəʃɪp)
[f. as prec. + -ship.]
The office or position of factor (senses 3, 4).
| 1599 Hakluyt Voy. II. 162 What you shall doe in Turkie besides the businesse of your Factorship. 1611 Cotgr., A factorship; or, the dutie and charge of a factor, facturerie, factorerie. a 1657 R. Loveday Lett. (1663) 188 My friend..had happily pleased my Lady L. in his Factorship. 1730–6 in Bailey (folio). 1834 H. Miller Scenes & Leg. xxiv. (1857) 342 In a few years after he had appointed him to the factorship he disposed of all his lands. 1885 Manch. Exam. 7 Jan. 4/6, {pstlg}2,294 8s. 5d. had accumulated during his factorship. |
| fig. 1888 Pall Mall G. 2 Oct. 7/2 A class which contributes pretty largely to the factorship of immorality and sin. |