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goddessship en · NOUN

Etymology

Etymology tree English goddess Proto-Germanic *skapjaną Proto-Germanic *-skapiz Proto-West Germanic *-skapi Old English -sċiepe Middle English -schipe English -ship English goddessship From goddess + -ship.

Meanings

1. (alt-of, rare) Rare spelling of goddess-ship.
   alt of goddess-ship
   • ... the disease altogether, here was an incontestable proof of her goddessship : she had heard their prayer and had saved them from their distress. ... 1883, Reginald Smith, Life of Lord Lawrence, India, page 106:
   • "Ph," don't tell me that my presiding goddessship is already." "Uh — sure! Now I'm going to be a cruel boss." "Dee-lighted!" 1914, Sinclair Lewis, Our Mr. Wrenn: The Romantic Adventures of a Gentle Man, page 102:
   • ... caressing that favourite monkey who acted such a conspicuous part at the Apotheosis of her goddessship at Paris, as hath been already related in the ... 2000, Elizabeth Hamilton, Memoirs of Modern Philosophers, page 48:

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