fathership
English edit
Etymology edit
From Middle English fadership, equivalent to father + -ship.
Noun edit
fathership (countable and uncountable, plural fatherships)
- The state of being a father
- Synonyms: fatherhood, paternity
- (religion) A title of respect addressed to a priest.
- Your fathership
References edit
- “fathership”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.