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twinship|ˈtwɪnʃɪp| [f. twin a. or n. + -ship.] The condition of being twin, or a twin; the relation of a twin or twins. lit. and fig.
1674N. Fairfax Bulk & Selv. 107 It [an atome or leasting] has neither East side nor West side;..top nor bottom,..nor any thing that speaks twinship to any thing else. 1796Burney Mem. Metastasio I. 378 With all the tenderness of twinship. 1899Griffith Jones Ascent through Christ II. ii. 28 The two streams of mental and organic life coalesce..and begin that marvellous twinship which ends only at death. |