"angelship" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From angel + -ship.",
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          "ref": "1893, The King and the Kingdom: A Study of the Four Gospels, page 52:",
          "text": "The essence of angelship or messengership is ministration to the service of mankind: 'Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to do service for the sake of them that shall inherit salvation?'",
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          "ref": "c. 1901–1902, Mark Twain, As Regards Patriotism:",
          "text": "There is nothing training cannot do. Nothing is above its reach. It can turn bad morals to good; it can destroy bad principles and recreate good ones; it can lift men to angelship.",
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        {
          "ref": "2021, Lucinda Roy, The Freedom Race, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Overheard him and Petrus plotting to get rid of you. Had to let my contact know, 'specially as I was charged with angelship over you.",
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        "The role or status of an angel; the condition of being an angel."
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          "ref": "1822, Vargas: A Tale of Spain, volume 3, page 198:",
          "text": "\"His angelship was amazingly condescending,\" said Vargas, who could scarcely smother his laughter.",
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        {
          "ref": "1895, James Ewing Ritchie, Crying for the Light or Fifty Years Ago, →ISBN:",
          "text": "'Your angelship has only to speak, and I am at your feet,' said the smoker with a theatrical flourish, dimly seen, and scarcely appreciated.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, Jean Saunders, Unforgettable, published 2013, →ISBN:",
          "text": "'Yes, your angelship, and if you don't take that bleedin' saucepan off the gas, you'll stink the place out,' Dolly said tartly, back on form almost instantly.",
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        "Used as a title or term of address for an angel or virtuous person."
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        "(often ironic) Used as a title or term of address for an angel or virtuous person."
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  "word": "angelship"
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          "ref": "1893, The King and the Kingdom: A Study of the Four Gospels, page 52:",
          "text": "The essence of angelship or messengership is ministration to the service of mankind: 'Are they not all ministering spirits, sent forth to do service for the sake of them that shall inherit salvation?'",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "c. 1901–1902, Mark Twain, As Regards Patriotism:",
          "text": "There is nothing training cannot do. Nothing is above its reach. It can turn bad morals to good; it can destroy bad principles and recreate good ones; it can lift men to angelship.",
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          "ref": "2021, Lucinda Roy, The Freedom Race, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Overheard him and Petrus plotting to get rid of you. Had to let my contact know, 'specially as I was charged with angelship over you.",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1895, James Ewing Ritchie, Crying for the Light or Fifty Years Ago, →ISBN:",
          "text": "'Your angelship has only to speak, and I am at your feet,' said the smoker with a theatrical flourish, dimly seen, and scarcely appreciated.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, Jean Saunders, Unforgettable, published 2013, →ISBN:",
          "text": "'Yes, your angelship, and if you don't take that bleedin' saucepan off the gas, you'll stink the place out,' Dolly said tartly, back on form almost instantly.",
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