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单词 earlship
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earlshipn.

Brit. /ˈəːlʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈər(ə)lˌʃɪp/
Forms: see earl n. and -ship suffix.
Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: earl n., -ship suffix.
Etymology: < earl n. + -ship suffix. Compare Old Saxon erlskepi noble men, valiant men. With sense 2 compare earldom n.Apparently re-formed in the 16th cent.
1. Nobility, lordship; manliness, valour; an act of this. Obsolete.Only in Old English.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > courage > valour > [noun]
earlshipOE
prowessc1325
pruancec1330
valiantisec1330
wightshipc1330
valure?a1350
wightness1377
orpednessa1398
orpedshipc1400
valiantness1470
valiance1475
fierceness1490
priceheadc1540
valiancy1574
valor1586
valencea1604
valeur1646
valorousness1727
society > society and the community > social class > nobility > [noun]
freedomeOE
earlshipOE
noblesse?c1225
anourc1330
freelya1350
nobleheada1382
nobletya1387
nobléc1395
nobilitya1400
generosity?a1475
apparage?1504
quality1579
the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > reputation > majesty, glory, or grandeur > [noun] > nobility of character or sentiments
earlshipOE
greatness1340
noblenessa1382
hautesse1399
grandeur1656
height1662
elevationa1680
OE Widsith 37 No hwæþre he ofer Offan eorlscype fremede.
OE Beowulf (2008) 1727 Mihtig god manna cynne þurh sidne sefan snyttru bryttað, eard ond eorlscipe.
OE Metrical Dialogue of Solomon & Saturn (Corpus Cambr. 41) i. 11 Ic sohte þa git hwylc wære modes oððe mægenþrymmes, elnes oððe æhte oððe eorlscipes se gepalmtwigoda Pater Noster.
2. The office, rank, or title of earl; the period in which an earl holds his title. Also used with possessive adjective as an honorific title (as your earlship, etc.). Now rare.
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society > society and the community > social class > nobility > rank > earl, count, or countess > [noun] > earl or count > rank of earl or count
earldomOE
earlship?1588
countship1658
?1588 in Eng. Lit. Renaissance (1978) 8 153 His Earlshipe most joyfullye pressed forowardes to enter in.
a1661 T. Fuller Worthies (1662) Sussex 112 Yet is there no fear that the shortness of his Earlship will make his Name forgotten, having erected a Monument which will perpetuate his Memory to all Posterity.
1695 Drayton's England's Heroical Epist. (new ed.) 109 How should he with our Princes else be plac'd, To have his Earlship with a Dukedome grac'd.
1719 J. Jackman Presbyterian Ordination Presumptuous 69 The superiority of William and James to Commoners depended on their Earlship.
1792 Brooke's Fool of Quality (rev. ed.) V. 268 Allow me to repair my omission by presenting to your earlship [1770 your lordship] her little highness Abenaide .
1828 W. Scott Fair Maid of Perth xi, in Chron. Canongate 2nd Ser. III. 295 I thank your noble earlship.
1883 H. M. Kennedy tr. B. ten Brink Early Eng. Lit. 115 The formation of the new great earlships.
1918 W. A. Fraser Three Sapphires xx. 291 My dear boy, you're in training for the future earlship.
2004 E. Layton Return of Earl x. 155 I'd have dressed proper if I'd the time, your earlship.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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