adeptshipn.
/ˈadɛp(t)ʃɪp/, /əˈdɛp(t)ʃɪp/, U.S. /əˈdɛp(t)ˌʃɪp/ The condition or status of an adept, esp. an expert in magical or occult practices; the fact of being very skilled or proficient at something.
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the world > action or operation > ability > skill or skilfulness > [noun] > in something specified
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1816 S. T. Coleridge Coll. Lett. (1959) IV. 685 A book of reasoning without parentheses must be the work either of adeptship or of a friable intellect.
1882 Church Times 17 Feb. 104 Jesus in their system is but an Adept..who gained his adeptship by an ascetic diet.
1908 Amer. Art News 7 8/3 The instructions, beginning with the simplest work, is arranged in progressive lessons of increasing difficulty, so that their mastery means adeptship in craft work.
1920 C. W. Leadbeater Hidden Side Christian Festivals x. 193 The man who has reached Adeptship enters a higher Kingdom, and becomes more than a man.
1997 Jrnl. Brit. Stud. 36 108 The last terrible journey that a magician must make before he could justifiably lay claim to the highest levels of adeptship.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2011; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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