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sageship en · NOUN

Etymology

From sage + -ship.

Meanings

1. The status of being a sage.
   • Surely, then, a scheme that should supersede the necessity of saintship and sageship, would be a most valuable acquisition! 1846, The United States magazine and Democratic review, page 47:
   • That his sageship is fake is proved by the fact that he fathers a son after having supposedly renounced the world. 1846, M. K. Naik, Perspectives on Indian Fiction in English, page 112:
2. The wisdom of a sage.
   • This is the sageship of the Vedas, and constantly we ought to remember this ideal of religion in India. 1973, Swami Vivekananda, The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, volume 3, page 253:

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