sonship

English

Etymology

From son +‎ -ship.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈsʌnʃɪp/

Noun

sonship (plural sonships)

1. The position or state of being a son.
   • 1879, F. D. Morice, Pindar, chapter 7, page 118:

     "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.

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

     Jesus' unusual conception and birth were by no means the chief ways in which the first Christians expressed their sense of his divine sonship.

Synonyms

• sonhood

Translations

sonship

• German: Sohnschaft (de) f

Anagrams

• hopniss, siphons