Friarship
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The state, personality, or character of a friar. countable, uncountable
"What was my astonishment, when I began to examine my new domicile, to find that my amusing acquaintance conjoined to his friarship the respectable trades of itinerant carpenter and chandler."
- 2 A compellation for a friar. countable, uncountable
"his friarship"
Example
More examples"What was my astonishment, when I began to examine my new domicile, to find that my amusing acquaintance conjoined to his friarship the respectable trades of itinerant carpenter and chandler."
Etymology
From friar + -ship. Piecewise doublet of brothership and palship.
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