childship

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noun

The state or relation of being a child with living parents; childhood as defined by relations rather than by age.

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Meanings

nounchildship (countable and uncountable, plural childships)

plural childships

  1. countablerareuncountableThe state or relation of being a child with living parents; childhood as defined by relations rather than by age.

    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?

    1646, William Bridge, On Temptation (sermon)
  2. countableuncountableThe set of children (offspring) that a family raises.

Origin

From child + -ship.

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Translations

German Kindschaft
  • Kindschaftchildhood
Cite this entry
APA

childship. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/childship

MLA

“childship.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/childship. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “childship,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/childship.

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