Shepherdship

noun

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Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The dignity or office of a shepherd. uncountable

    "Enki tries to calm Inanna, and he recites a litany of the spheres of influences she has been given: the staff of shepherdship, onslaughts and battles, the twisting of the thread."

Example

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"Enki tries to calm Inanna, and he recites a litany of the spheres of influences she has been given: the staff of shepherdship, onslaughts and battles, the twisting of the thread."

Etymology

From shepherd + -ship.

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