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When he left the Yale faculty he had accepted the provostship of Avon Old Farms School, experimental venture in secondary education.

From Time Magazine Archive

The provostship was secularized in 1803 and its territories were assigned to W�rttemberg.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" by Various

There had been installed in this house, so sadly celebrated, a provostship, presided over by a captain of Chasseurs.

From History of the Commune of 1871 by Lissagary, P.

It was not till the time of Saint Louis that, with the appointment of �tienne Boileau, the provostship of Paris became a pr�v�t� en garde, i.e. a public office no longer put up to sale.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 6, Slice 1 "Châtelet" to "Chicago" by Various

In 1878 an advance was made by the institution of district or provostship synods, and in February, 1880, the first General Synod was held at Rendsburg.

From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by Kurtz, J. H.