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commonship en · NOUN

Etymology

From common + -ship. Compare North Frisian gemiinschap (“community”), Saterland Frisian Gemeenskup (“community”), West Frisian mienskip (“community”), Dutch gemeenschap (“community, fellowship”), German Gemeinschaft (“community, fellowship”), Swedish gemenskap (“community, fellowship”).

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A state, condition, or things shared or held in common; commonality.
   • The two languages develope in different directions but the old commonship is still discernible. 2004, Ingemar Nordgren, The Well Spring Of The Goths:
2. (countable, uncountable) A community or fellowship.
   • There was even a commonship between the mine operators and the men at one time, before the Great Depression. 1988, Laurel Shakelford, Bill Weinberg, Our Appalachia:
   • If they do not agree, then, as already mentioned, it is reserved to His Majesty, together with the approving Assembly, to effect the proposed change in the portion of the Monarchy concerned, to dissolve the commonship, and to make the consequent administrative arrangements; […] 1863, House of Commons Papers - Volume 74 - Page 22

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