angelshipn.
/ˈeɪn(d)ʒ(ə)lʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈeɪndʒəlˌʃɪp/ The state, condition, or position of being an angel. Also (with possessive adjective): a mock title of respect given to an angel.
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the world > the supernatural > deity > angel > [noun] > quality of being
angelitya1560
angelship1592
angelence1652
angelicalness1664
angelhood1708
the world > the supernatural > deity > angel > [noun] > title of
angelship1592
1592 T. Nashe Pierce Penilesse (Huntington Libr. copy) sig. Fv Your euill Angelship maister mani-headed beast conducts them.
1702 C. Beaumont J. Beaumont's Psyche (new ed.) xvii. cvi. 264 Give Their Angel-ships the Lie.
1766 J. Burgh Crito I. i. 70 I should..expect those who had once been my pupils, to be so partial to my angelship, as to be willing to trust to me, without reserve, the education of their children.
1827 J. Bentham Rationale Judicial Evid. V. ix. iii. 65 Debates..concerning the comparative value..of a possible Angelship and a present Mouseship.
1865 K. Graves Biogr. Satan 42 St. John speaks of the Dragon falling (from his angelship) and being cast into the bottomless pit.
1903 Critic (N.Y.) Feb. 138/1 Gabriel..steps across the sheep-folds, his angelship proclaimed by the effect of his appearance rather than by that appearance itself.
2007 S. Hayes Breagagh Saga lv. 341 He warned all the Angels that..if any of them went astray he would strip them of their angelship.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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