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childships

childships is the plural of childship.

Meaning of childship

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.

Questions about childships

What is childships the plural of?
Childships is the plural of childship.

Words near childships in the dictionary

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

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