husbandshipn.
/ˈhʌzb(ə)n(d)ʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈhəzb(ə)n(d)ˌʃɪp/ The state or fact of being a husband; the office or status of husband; husbandly conduct or duty.
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1635 D. Dickson Short Explan. Hebrewes viii. 9. 157 God's Lordship, and Husbandship, is an Obligation of doing well to the Covenant keeper.
1784 R. Bage Barham Downs II. 314 Such a loving piece of good husband-ship as a letter.
1843 Punch 5 178/2 Ever since the accession of Prince Albert to the Royal Husbandship of these realms, he has [etc.].
1881 Academy 2 July 3/3 There was no better portion for his [sc. Arnold's] daughter than the neighbouring convent or the husbandship of one Lorenzo da Fiori.
1892 C. A. H. Crosse Red-letter Days I. 237 I never heard of his being remarkable for anything in the world except for husbandship of the authoress.
1980 R. M. Eyre (title) Simplified husbandship, simplified fathership.
2004 Observer 25 Apr. (Review section) 18/4 A..bloke who has..assumed the mantles of husbandship and fatherhood while still talking the talk of a middle-aged loner.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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n.1635- lightness of heart
- lightness of spirit
- lightness of touch
- lightnesses
- lightning
- lightning arrester
- lightning artist
- lightning beetle
- lightning bird
- lightning bolt
- lightning bone
- lightning box
- lightning bug
- lightning catarrh
- lightning change
- lightning chess
- lightning conductor
- lightning discharge
- lightning discharger
- lightning express
- lightning flash
- lightning in a bottle
- lightning may strike twice
- lightning may strike twice in the same place
- lightning never strikes twice