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maidenships

maidenships is the plural of maidenship.

Meaning of maidenship

Noun

maidenship (usually uncountable, plural maidenships)

  1. (obsolete, usually) The state of being a maiden; virginity.
    • though at this day of KENT alone is left unto her , as whose maidenship is vehemently suspected , and holiness utterly denied1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI)
    Synonyms:
    maidenhood

Questions about maidenships

What is maidenships the plural of?
Maidenships is the plural of maidenship.

Words near maidenships in the dictionary

  1. maidenplum
  2. maidenry
  3. maidens
  4. maidens of honor
  5. maidenship
  6. maidenships
  7. Maidenwell
  8. maides
  9. Maidford
  10. maidhood
  11. maidie

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