ˈSpeakership
[f. speaker + -ship.]
1. The office of Speaker in a legislative or other assembly.
| 1653 in S. Jeake Charters Cinque Ports (1728) 91 Whereas by septennary Revolution the Speakership of the Ports is now devolved upon us. 1803 G. Rose Diaries (1860) II. 35 Unless he could be prevailed with to take the Speakership of the House of Lords, separated from the Great Seal. 1844 Jesse Selwyn & Contemp. IV. 379 Charles Wolfran Cornwall, Esq., whose appointment to the Speakership of the House of Commons is mentioned..in this letter. 1883 Harper's Mag. Feb. 371/1 It was an easy and natural promotion to the Speakership of the Imperial Diet. |
2. Oratory.
| 1887 Saintsbury Manchester 149 There was room for all kinds of Speakership in the great campaign of the League. |