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parentship

parentship noun: the condition, state, or status of a parent.

Noun

parentship (countable and uncountable, plural parentships)

  1. The condition, state, or status of a parent.
    • The rest of the children do not remain in a mother or father only family but live with a so called multiple parentship.1997, Santiago Redondo, Advances in Psychology and Law: International Contributions - Page 55

Synonyms of parentship

Forms of parentship

pluralparentships

Origin of parentship

From parent + -ship.

Words formed from parentship

  • foster-parentship

Questions about parentship

What does parentship mean?
Parentship means the condition, state, or status of a parent.
What part of speech is parentship?
Parentship is a noun.
What is the plural of parentship?
The plural of parentship is parentships.

Words near parentship in the dictionary

  1. parentness
  2. parents
  3. parents' evening
  4. parents' rights
  5. parents-in-law
  6. parentship
  7. parentships
  8. parenty
  9. pareo
  10. Pareora
  11. pareos

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