Definition of "soldiership" [sol•dier•ship]

• The state of being a soldier. (noun)
• The qualities of a soldier, or those becoming a soldier. (noun)

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• "And the good Pope in ` The Ring and the Book ', alluding to the absence of true Christian soldiership, which is revealed by Pompilia's case, says: "Is it not this ignoble CONFIDENCE, cowardly hardihood, that dulls and damps, makes the old heroism impossible?"
• "Homosexual practice would render any person ineligible for full membership (soldiership) in the [Salvation] Army."
• "I pray you, sir, then set your knighthood and our soldiership aside; and give me leave to tell you, you lie in your throat, if you say I am any other than an honest man."