Sonship

//ˈsʌnʃɪp// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    The position or state of being a son.

    ""All of this is now gone by," adds the poet; but of the men of our own time Thrasybulus comes nearest to the old type of loyal sonship."

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daughtershipsonhoodsonhood

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""All of this is now gone by," adds the poet; but of the men of our own time Thrasybulus comes nearest to the old type of loyal sonship."

Etymology

From son + -ship.

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