secretary
noun
a person, usually an official, who is in charge of the records, correspondence, minutes of meetings, and related affairs of an organization, company, association, etc..
secretaryship
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a word derived from
secretary.
Example Sentences
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His secretaryship is remembered by most in and outside the club simply as “a nasty piece of business.”
From Golf Digest ● May 5, 2020
“When there’s an assistant secretaryship at stake, a lot of principles get thrown out,” conceded the official, who asked for anonymity.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 4, 2016
To that secretaryship the Institution elected Dr. Osborn in 1906, upon the death of Samuel Pierpont Langley.
From Time Magazine Archive
And finally, "the impact of his personality was so shattering that I felt, when I left his service, that this had been the private secretaryship to end all private secretaryships."
From Time Magazine Archive
After several unpaid offices in that organization, he took a paid secretaryship which he kept for the rest of his life.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
