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friarship

noun

Etymology

From friar + -ship. Piecewise doublet of brothership and palship.

  1. derived from *bʰréh₂tēr✻ — “brother”
  2. derived from frāter — “brother”
  3. derived from frere
  4. inherited from frere
  5. suffixed as friarship — “friar + ship”

Definitions

  1. The state, personality, or character of a friar.

    • What was my astonishment, when I began to examine my new domicile, to find that my amusing acquaintance conjoined to his friarship the respectable trades of itinerant carpenter and chandler.

  2. A compellation for a friar.

    • his friarship

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA