proctorship

[Eng. proctor; -ship.] The office or dignity of a proctor; the time during which a proctor holds his office. "This Mr. Savile died in his proctorship of this University." -Wood : Athena Oxon . proc-to-trū-pēş, s. [Gr. prōktos =the anus, the tail, and tryp a =a hole.] Entom.: The typical genus of Proctotrupide (q. v.). Lubbock discovered that, unlike other Hymenoptera, the species are aquatic, diving here and there by means of their wings.