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shepherdship

shepherdship noun: the dignity or office of a shepherd.

Noun

shepherdship (uncountable)

  1. The dignity or office of a shepherd.
    • Enki tries to calm Inanna, and he recites a litany of the spheres of influences she has been given: the staff of shepherdship, onslaughts and battles, the twisting of the thread.1981, William Irwin Thompson, The Time Falling Bodies Take to Light: Mythology, Sexuality and the Origins of Culture, London: Rider/Hutchinson & Co., page 165

Origin of shepherdship

From shepherd + -ship.

Questions about shepherdship

What does shepherdship mean?
Shepherdship means the dignity or office of a shepherd.
What part of speech is shepherdship?
Shepherdship is a noun.

Words near shepherdship in the dictionary

  1. shepherdly
  2. shepherds
  3. Shepherds Flat
  4. shepherds pie
  5. shepherds' pipes
  6. shepherdship
  7. Shepherdsville
  8. Shepherdswell
  9. Shepherdswell with Coldred
  10. shepherdy
  11. Sheplan

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