单词 | clanship |
释义 | clanshipn. 1. The system of clans; division into clans; union of persons in, or as in, a clan. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > [noun] > kinship system > clan-system clanship1772 septship1812 clanism1831 clan-system1887 1772 T. Pennant Tours Scotl. (R.) The habitations of the highlanders, not singly, but in groupes, as if they loved society or clanship. 1815 M. Elphinstone Acct. Kingdom Caubul ii. ii. 163 Exercised by chiefs in the Highlands when clanship was in its vigour. 1865 E. B. Tylor Res. Early Hist. Mankind x. 281 The practice of reckoning clanship from the mother. 2. The feeling or spirit of attachment and loyalty to one's clan or fraternity (see clan n.). ΘΚΠ society > morality > duty or obligation > recognition of duty > faithfulness or trustworthiness > fidelity or loyalty > [noun] > to clan, fraternity, tribe, etc. clanship1809 clansmanship1871 clan-spirit1883 old school tie1920 tribalism1955 1809–10 S. T. Coleridge Friend (ed. 3) III. 162 The jealous and indiscriminate partiality of clanship. 1851 A. Helps Compan. Solitude xii. 249 There is less of clanship, less of the rallying round men of force or genius. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1889; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1772 |
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