childship

English

Etymology

child +‎ -ship

Noun

childship (countable and uncountable, plural childships)

  1. The state or relation of being a child.
    • 1646, William Bridge, On Temptation (sermon)
      Why should any man then doubt of his childship, doubt of his own everlasting condition, and say, that he is none of the child of God because he is tempted?
  2. The set of children (offspring) that a family raises.

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