"wordship" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From word + -ship. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|word|ship}} word + -ship Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} wordship (uncountable)
  1. (rare) The state, condition, or status of a word. Tags: rare, uncountable
    Sense id: en-wordship-en-noun-pPp6nLn3 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ship

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          "ref": "1883, Richard Grant White, Words and Their Uses, Past and Present, page 200",
          "text": "\"But it expressed his thought perfectly then to all English-speaking people, and does so now, and is a participial adjective correctly formed. It is unknown to custom, but it has all the conditions of wordship, and is a much better English word than very many in \"Webster's Dictionary.\"",
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