Mandarinship

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The office, authority, or rank of mandarin.
  • Word Usage
    "Pountsin-hia (thus he was called) obtained for himself a mandarinship of the fifth rank; for his son John he secured even more, for Father Schall regularly adopted him as his grandson, and the emperor Shun-chi granted many weighty favours to this "adopted grandson" of the missionary whom he loved."