ˈchairmanship
[f. chairman n. + -ship.]
1. The office of chairman or president of a meeting, a company, corporate body, etc.
| 1847 Fraser's Mag. XXXVI. 224 Elevation to the chairmanship of the Great Western. 1878 N. Amer. Rev. 72 The retirement of Mr. Sumner from the chairmanship. |
2. The action of presiding as chairman; performance of a chairman's duty.
| 1859 Sala Tw. round Clock (1861) 142 A philanthropic peer, always..to the fore with his chairmanship. 1864 Realm 1 June 1 A body of gentlemen sat down to dinner, under the sympathetic chairmanship of Lord Houghton. |