neighbourshipneighborshipn.
/ˈneɪbəʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈneɪbərˌʃɪp/ 1. Neighbourliness, neighbourly relations; an instance of this. Frequently with modifying word, as, bad, ill, etc. Now chiefly in good neighbourship n. Formerly also (rare): †neighbourly acts (obsolete).
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the mind > emotion > love > friendliness > social intercourse or companionship > [noun] > friendly relations between neighbours
neighboureda1200
neighbourshipa1325
neighbourhead?a1425
neighbourhood?a1425
good neighbourhood1534
neighbourlinessa1618
good neighbourship1693
good-neighbourliness1839
neighbouring1942
a1325 Statutes of Realm (2011) vii. 60 Ne men of þe tounes nellez noȝt sewen, for neȝeborusipe, wuche bez copable of þe dede.
1456–70 Acts Parl. Scotl. (1875) XII. 27/1 Owr baronry..the quhilkis we gaif owr at the compositioun for his gud seruice and gud nychtbourschype.
1504 in D. Littlejohn Rec. Sheriff Court Aberdeenshire (1904) I. 101 Margaret Leslie..grantit hir to keipe nychtbourschip to Sir Gilbert Hay.
1858 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia I. v. v. 588 These violences, and acts of ill-neighbourship.
1889 Sat. Rev. 2 Mar. 237/2 To keep their tendencies to bad-neighbourship in check.
1918 Interim Rep. Public Utility Societies (Ministry of Reconstruction) 11 The question of whether a tenant has been guilty of bad neighbourship should be determined by the Tenant Members' Committee.
2. The state or fact of being a neighbour; nearness.
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the world > space > distance > nearness > [noun]
sideOE
nighnessOE
propinquity?a1425
neighboured1440
neighbourshipc1485
nearnessc1545
vicinity1560
neighbourhood1567
proximity1579
affinity1612
appropinquity1646
voisinage1665
vicinage1686
proximation1802
proximateness1881
society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabitant > type of inhabitant generally > [noun] > neighbour > state of being
neighbourshipc1485
c1485 ( G. Hay Bk. Law of Armys (2005) 94 Nychtbourschip till euill folk, gerris oft tymes, the gude tak scathe.
1523 J. Fitzherbert Bk. Surueyeng vi. f. 5v Commen per cause vicynage .s. neyghbourshepe.
1599 T. Moffett Silkewormes 9 This neighbourship was formost steppe to loue.
1798 J. Baillie Ct. Basil v. i, in Ser. of Plays I. 176 Rest..each..in a hallow'd neighbourship with those, Who when alive his social converse shar'd.
1838 Tait's Edinb. Mag. 5 113 The uneasy accommodations, foul air, and unsatisfactory neighbourships of a public theatre.
1891 Tablet 29 Aug. 327 The accidental neighbourship of grains of sand upon the shore.
1939 Mind 48 48 There can be no doubt that neighbourship gives rise to certain moral obligations.
1957 Jrnl. Royal Anthropol. Inst. 87 81 This act was a reaffirmation of the peaceful relationships which neighbourship requires.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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