Definition of "-ship" []

• Quality, state, or condition: scholarship. (suffix)
• Something that shows or possesses a quality, state, or condition: courtship. (suffix)
• Rank, status, or office: professorship. (suffix)
• Art, skill, or craft: penmanship. (suffix)
• A collective body: readership. (suffix)

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