sageship

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English

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Etymology

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From sage +‎ -ship.

Noun

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sageship (plural sageships)

  1. The status of being a sage.
    • 1846, The United States magazine and Democratic review, page 47:
      Surely, then, a scheme that should supersede the necessity of saintship and sageship, would be a most valuable acquisition!
    • 1846, M. K. Naik, Perspectives on Indian Fiction in English, page 112:
      That his sageship is fake is proved by the fact that he fathers a son after having supposedly renounced the world.
  2. The wisdom of a sage.
    • 1973, Swami Vivekananda, The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, volume 3, page 253:
      This is the sageship of the Vedas, and constantly we ought to remember this ideal of religion in India.