单词 | fathership |
释义 | fathershipn. 1. a. The position, state, or relationship of a father; paternity, fatherhood. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > parent > father > fatherhood > [noun] fatherheadc1384 fatherhooda1425 paternitya1456 fathership1482 fathering1549 papaship1816 sireship1837 1482 in C. Innes Bk. Thanes Cawdor (1859) 65 The first band of frendschipe, faderschipe, soneschipe and manrent maid. 1583 A. Golding tr. J. Calvin Serm. on Deuteronomie lxxx. 489 Let vs beware of such maner of fathership. 1661 F. Walsall Cordifragium 35 This is exampled in Abraham, if God call him out of his native Countrey, and his Fathers house, nay out of his own Fathership, and bid him sacrifice the name and nature of a Father, in sacrificing his son, his only son, he disputes not. 1733 T. Gordon Suppl. Serm. preached Lincoln's Inn 10 Is this spiritual Fathership? 1766 J. Burgh Crito I. ii. 76 The father has, in consequence of his fathership, the advantage (for educating his son) of a better qualified stranger. 1871 Sat. Rev. 15 Apr. 457 There was not a throne which did not acknowledge in his [sc. the Pope's] fathership the palladium of its liberty and strength. 1875 M. Collins Blacksmith & Scholar (1876) III. 107 The man whose fathership she disowned. 1890 T. W. Allies Peter's Rock 468 The civil bond sprung from a spiritual fathership. 1951 W. H. Clemen Devel. of Shakespeare's Imagery ii. xiv. 139 It is no mere chance that Lear at just this moment should turn to the non-human powers, call upon them and repudiate his fathership in their name. 2009 National Post (Canada) (Nexis) 17 June a21 Biological fathership matters. Fatherlessness figures disproportionately in every anti-social behaviour. b. The fact or position of being the longest serving (or sometimes oldest) member of a society or institution; spec. the fact of being Father of the House (see father n. Phrases 6). Cf. father n. 5c. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > governing or legislative body of a nation or community > English or British parliament > [noun] > Member of Parliament > oldest member > position of fatherhood1899 fathership1901 1863 B. A. Heywood Vac. Tour Antipodes ii. 35 An old gentleman..contests with a Mr. John Batman, a native of New South Wales, for the Fathership of the Colony. 1901 Westm. Gaz. 22 Apr. 1/1 The successor of the late Mr. Villiers in the ‘fathership’ of the House of Commons. 1964 Times 13 Nov. 6/4 Mr. Turton has now agreed that the Fathership should go as a mark of honour to Mr. Butler. 2005 Daily Mail (Nexis) 14 June 18 At a guess I would say he is not displeased with the status his fathership of the House brings. 2. With possessive adjective, as your Fathership. As a title of respect or respectful form of address for an ecclesiastic. Now rare (archaic in later use). ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > [noun] > address or title of his reverencea1438 your reverence?a1440 fathershipa1500 dompnea1536 domine1566 reverendship1609 Revd1670 rookship1710 brother1741 venerability1843 Pfarrer1844 Rev.1862 reverend1869 society > faith > church government > member of the clergy > priest > [noun] priesteOE presbyterOE sirec1290 beauperec1300 sirc1386 fatherhooda1393 fatherheada1434 paternity1439 pater1481 fathershipa1500 father1528 key-bearer?1531 key-keeper?1556 vicegerent1572 priestdom1588 sacerdosa1592 flasher1611 priesthooda1616 père1619 sacerdote1685 firekeeper1789 soggarth1836 priestship1868 soutane1890 joss-man1913 a1500 ( in C. Monro Lett. Margaret of Anjou (1863) 87 Most worshipfull Fader in God..Please it yor moost reverend fadership. 1604 R. Parsons Rev. Ten Publike Disput. v. 265 Courtesyes of speach, the one to the other; My good Lord;..liketh yt your good Fathershipp; honourable Father, and the like ceremonyes. 1670 G. Havers tr. G. Leti Il Cardinalismo di Santa Chiesa i. ii. 60 A certain young Student that went to a Jesuite to Confession; amongst other of his Confessions, he told him that he had lay'n a whole night with his Fatherships Neice. 1755 T. Smollett tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote I. iv. xx. 368 All this I have observed, Mr. Curate, for no other reason but to prevail upon your fathership to make a conscience of the ill treatment my master receives at your hands. 1825 W. B. Stevenson Hist. Narr. Resid. S. Amer. II. iv. 131 But how? exclaimed the enraged prelate: by hanging my habit on a peg, and leaving your fathership without an inferior, replied the donado. 1896 A. Jessop & M. R. James tr. Thomas of Monmouth Life St. William of Norwich i. 2 I humbly beg for the love of your Fathership, for that kindliness which is the outcome of love, and that favour which springs from kindliness. 1956 K. Woods tr. O. Englebert Last of Conquistadors vii. 60 Your Most Reverend Fathership will, I assume, have had the things sent? This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1482 |
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