Definitions
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- A suffix denoting
state ,office ,dignity ,profession , orart ; as in lordship , friendship , chancellorship , stewardship , horsemanship .
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- suffix Appended to a noun to form a new noun denoting a property or state of being.
Etymologies
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From Old English -sciepe ("state").
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