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cultship

cultship noun: the state or condition of a cult.

Noun

cultship (uncountable)

  1. The state or condition of a cult.
    • Despite a long history of administrative autonomy within the Empire and strong cultural ties with the Jukun – the Arago and the Jukun had similar notions of divine chieftaincy and cultship – Keana became a tributary of Bauchi and Sokoto in the mid-nineteenth century and Doma a vassal of Zaria […].1976, Alvin Magid, Men in the Middle, page 26
    • Citizenship rather than subjectship or kinship or cultship has defined the prerogatives and encumbrances of that membership, and the nation-state rather than the neighborhood or the city or the region established its scope.1995, Public Culture

Origin of cultship

From cult + -ship.

Questions about cultship

What does cultship mean?
Cultship means the state or condition of a cult.
What part of speech is cultship?
Cultship is a noun.

Words near cultship in the dictionary

  1. cultrate
  2. cultrated
  3. cultriform
  4. cults
  5. cults of personality
  6. cultship
  7. culturabilities
  8. culturability
  9. culturable
  10. culturacide
  11. culturagram

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