Meanings
plural sonships
- 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 1181 more example
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 89Synonyms: sonhood
Synonyms & antonyms
nounThe position or state of being a son.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*sew-?
- Proto-Indo-European*sewH-
- Proto-Indo-European*suHnús
- Proto-Germanic*sunuz
- Proto-West Germanic*sunu
- Old Englishsunu
- Middle Englishsone
- Englishson
- Proto-Germanic*skapjaną
- Englishsonship
Translations
German Sohnschaft
- Sohnschaftsonship
Turkish oğulluk
- oğulluksonship
Rhymes & wordplay
Anagrams
Cite this entry
sonship. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sonship
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