maidenship

English

Etymology

maiden +‎ -ship

Noun

maidenship (usually uncountable, plural maidenships)

1. (obsolete) The state of being a maiden.
   • 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC:

     though at this day of KENT alone is left unto her , as whose maidenship is vehemently suspected , and holiness utterly denied

Synonyms

• maidenhood

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “maidenship”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)