-ship
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noun suffixDefinition of -SHIP
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: state : condition : quality <friendship>
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: office : dignity : profession <clerkship>
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: art : skill <horsemanship>
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: something showing, exhibiting, or embodying a quality or state <township> <fellowship>
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: one entitled to a (specified) rank, title, or appellation <his Lordship>
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: the body of persons participating in a specified activity <readership> <listenership>
Origin of -SHIP
Middle English, from Old English -scipe; akin to Old High German -scaft -ship, Old English scieppan to shape — more at shape
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