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  • noun Plural form of preachership.

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Examples

  • The Bishop of London had already sounded me as to my filling one of the Whitehall preacherships, which he had just then put on a new footing; but I was indignant at the line which he was taking, and from my steamer I had sent home a letter declining the appointment by anticipation, should it be offered to me.

    Apologia pro Vita Sua John Henry Newman 1845

  • The Bishop of London had already sounded me as to my filling one of the Whitehall preacherships, which he had just then put on a new footing; but I was indignant at the line which he was taking, and from my Steamer I had sent home a letter declining the appointment by anticipation, should it be offered to me.

    Apologia Pro Vita Sua John Henry Newman 1845

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