Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The office of recorder; also, the period during which a person holds this office.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun The office of a recorder.
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- noun The role or office of a
recorder .
Etymologies
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Examples
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V.W. Graham bowed his adieus to the recordership of Albany as John Van
A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3 DeAlva Stanwood Alexander
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Livingston gave up the recordership, Thomas Tillotson turned over the secretaryship of state to Elisha Jenkins, Sylvanus Miller again became surrogate of New York, and John Woodworth was dismissed from the office of attorney-general.
A Political History of the State of New York, Volumes 1-3 DeAlva Stanwood Alexander
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He was committed to the Tower in 1645 and 1646, and deprived of his recordership.
State Trials, Political and Social Volume 1 (of 2) Harry Lushington Stephen 1902
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Until recently the man who occupied the position of Lord Chancellor made thirty thousand pounds a year by his profession without interfering in any way with his public duties, and at the present moment a recordership in London in no wise prevents private practice.
Worldly Ways and Byways Eliot Gregory 1884
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He first studied the law, then he became serjeant of the city of London; he next stepped to the recordership of the city; from thence he became chief justice of the city of Chester; and in 1683, was made lord chief justice of the king's bench.
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“Portland-Smith’s career was heading towards a recordership,” he explained, “and at the time he seemed pretty well certain to become a county court judge eventually, so his relatives were naturally wary of any publicity.
The Fashion in Shrouds Allingham, Margery, 1904-1966 1931
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