guildshipn.
/ˈɡɪldʃɪp/ 1. = guild n. 1.
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society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > types of association, society, or organization > [noun] > guild of medieval origin
guild?a1000
guildshipa1000
company1389
fellowship1418
commonalty1423
commonality1648
mastership1822
university2000
a1000 Canons of Edgar c. 9 Þæt nan preosta oðrum ne æt-do ænig þara þinga þe him to-gebirige ne on his mynstre ne on his scrift-scipe ne on his gildscipe.
a1000 in Thorpe Diplomat. (1865) 608/30 An gildscipe is gegaderod on Wudeburg lande.
1835 H. Soames Anglo-Saxon Church 282 The Guild-ship, as every such confederacy was vernacularly called, proposed an interchange of masses for the benefit of each other.
1849 D. Rock Church our Fathers II. vii. 397 This loaf was offered by two brethren of the gildship.
1870 Eng. Gilds Introd. 17 Ordinances for the keeping up of social duties in the Gilds, or Gild-ships as they are called, of London.
2. The status and privileges of a guildsman, membership of a guild.
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society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > types of association, society, or organization > [noun] > guild of medieval origin > membership of guild
guildship1845
1845 J. Lingard Hist. & Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church (ed. 3) II. ix. 63 The more celebrated monasteries offered guildships of a superior description.
1870 Eng. Gilds 183 Whoever will not obey the judgement of the bretheren shall lose his gildship.
1890 C. Gross Gild Merchant I. 62 The relation of the gildship to burgess-ship.
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