单词 | nephewship |
释义 | nephewshipn. The relationship or position of a nephew. Also: †nepotism (obsolete). ΘΚΠ society > faith > worship > sacrilege > clerical misbehaviour > [noun] > nepotism nephewship1669 nepotism1669 society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > nephew or niece > [noun] > nephew > condition of nephew nephewship1669 1669 Hist. Pope's Nephews (1673) ii. 80 If Nephewship ever did good in Rome, 'twas in the time of Pius the Fifth. 1678 D. Manly Hexham's Woorden-boeck (rev. ed.) Neefschap, nephewship. 1857 G. Borrow Romany Rye I. ii. 16 People..who..are disposed..to swallow the reality of the nephewship of Camillo Astalli. 1885 Harper's Mag. Apr. 787/1 This good sonship and good nephewship. 1921 Times Lit. Suppl. 8 Sept. 576 ‘Filius generosi’—maybe a euphemism for Prior's nephewship to the kindly proprietor of the Rhenish tavern in Whitehall. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2003; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1669 |
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