shepherdship

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noun

The dignity or office of a shepherd.

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Meanings

nounshepherdship (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe 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

From shepherd + -ship.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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