sonship

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UK/ˈsʌnʃɪp/

noun

The position or state of being a son.

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Meanings

nounsonship (plural sonships)

plural sonships

  1. The position or state of being a son.

    "All of this is now gone by," adds the poet; but of the men of our own time Thrasybulus comes nearest to the old type of loyal sonship.

    1879, F. D. Morice, Pindar, chapter 7, page 118
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    Jesus' unusual conception and birth were by no means the chief ways in which the first Christians expressed their sense of his divine sonship.

    2009, Karen Armstrong, The Case for God, Vintage, published 2010, page 89

    Synonyms: sonhood

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nounThe position or state of being a son.

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Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*sew-?
  2. Proto-Indo-European*sewH-
  3. Proto-Indo-European*suHnús
  4. Proto-Germanic*sunuz
  5. Proto-West Germanic*sunu
  6. Old Englishsunu
  7. Middle Englishsone
  8. Englishson
  9. Proto-Germanic*skapjaną
  10. Englishsonship

From son + -ship.

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Translations

German Sohnschaft
  • Sohnschaftsonship
Turkish oğulluk
  • oğulluksonship

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APA

sonship. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sonship

MLA

“sonship.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sonship. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sonship,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sonship.

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