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childship

childship noun: the state or relation of being a child with living parents; childhood as defined by relations rather than by age.

Noun

childship (countable and uncountable, plural childships)

  1. (rare) The state or relation of being a child with living parents; childhood as defined by relations rather than by age.
    • Why should any man then doubt of his childship, doubt of his own everlasting condition, and say, that he is none of the child of God because he is tempted?1646, William Bridge, On Temptation (sermon)
  2. The set of children (offspring) that a family raises.

Forms of childship

pluralchildships

Origin of childship

From child + -ship.

Questions about childship

What does childship mean?
Childship means the state or relation of being a child with living parents; childhood as defined by relations rather than by age.
What part of speech is childship?
Childship is a noun.
What is the plural of childship?
The plural of childship is childships.

Words near childship in the dictionary

  1. Childrey
  2. Childreys
  3. childs
  4. Childs Hill
  5. childsafe
  6. childship
  7. childships
  8. childsit
  9. childsitter
  10. childsitters
  11. childspeak

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