"selfship" meaning in English

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          "ref": "1882, Sarah A. Ramsdell, The lessons of the ages:",
          "text": "[...] separate from God, or so long as God is only found in the heavens, and man is trying with the wrong key to unlock the sanctuary of this divine selfship.",
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        {
          "ref": "1918, International journal of surgery:",
          "text": "Our selfship of the past must develop into citizenship. We must remember that each individual in the community is an asset to us — that no nation can be strong if its citizens are weak and diseased.",
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          "ref": "1973, Melvin Herman Marx, William Allen Hillix, Systems and theories in psychology:",
          "text": "The time-honored way was to use self as though it were a little man-inside-the-man who ordered all activities so that they pretty well suited his imperial selfship.",
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          "ref": "1999, Iyanla Vanzant, In the Meantime: Finding Yourself and the Love You Want:",
          "text": "Having learned so much about family relationships, friendships, and, more important, the selfship, Luanne documented how to develop and nurture all relationships with the vigilant employment of loving principles.",
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          "text": "[...] separate from God, or so long as God is only found in the heavens, and man is trying with the wrong key to unlock the sanctuary of this divine selfship.",
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          "text": "Our selfship of the past must develop into citizenship. We must remember that each individual in the community is an asset to us — that no nation can be strong if its citizens are weak and diseased.",
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          "text": "the one year anniversary of my selfship with rayman is coming up tomorrow and I really wanted to get some art done, but I've been so exhausted and burnt out lately that I'm not sure I'll be able to finish it...",
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