A preachership was the title originally given to the Catholic congregations of men with superior education endowed (by laity or clergy) to give about a hundred sermons to the public as a result of local dissatisfaction with poor-quality sermons of the medieval church.
A preachership was the initial designation for Catholic male congregations endowed (by laypeople or clergy) to deliver approximately a hundred public sermons due to local discontent with medieval church's subpar preaching.