residentship

[Eng. resident; -ship.] The functions or dignity of a resident; the office or position of a resident. "The residentship at London for the city of Hamburg."-Wood: Athena Oron ., vol. i. ( Haak .) rě-şid-er, subst. [Eng. resid(e); -er.] One who resides; a resident. "We being persons of considerable estates in the kingdom, and residers therein."- Swift : Advertisement against Wood.