fathership

English

Etymology

From Middle English fadership, equivalent to father +‎ -ship.

Noun

fathership (countable and uncountable, plural fatherships)

1. The state of being a father; fatherhood; paternity.
2. (religion) A title of respect addressed to a priest.

   Your fathership

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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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 “fathership”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)