suretyshipn.
/ˈʃʊərᵻtɪʃɪp/, /ˈʃɔːrᵻtɪʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈʃʊrədiˌʃɪp/ 1. The position, role, or practice of a surety (surety n. 2a); responsibility undertaken by one person on behalf of another for the performance of some act, such as for payment of a debt.
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the mind > language > speech > agreement > security > [noun] > a bondsman or guarantor > position of or state of being
borrowgang1303
borrowheadc1380
borrowagec1440
borrowshipc1440
suretyship1535
cautionry1630
pledgery1706
guarantorship1885
sponsorship1895
1535 Bible (Coverdale) Prov. xi. C He that is suertye for a straunger, hurteth himself: but he that medleth not with suerteshippe, is sure.
1563 Acts 5 Elizabeth I sig. Kiv To release..the sayde suertishipe of good abearyng.
1612 W. Parkes Curtaine-drawer To Rdr. sig. A2v Beware of Suretiship.
1660 R. Allestree Gentlemans Calling 109 To rook him at Play, entangle him in Suretiship.
1738 Defoe's Compl. Eng. Tradesman (ed. 4) I. xi. 113 Suretiship for the debt.
1762 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy V. i. 12 A poor man undone by shipwreck, by suretyship, by fire.
1870 J. H. Burton Hist. Scotl. to 1688 V. liii. 228 The regent was not satisfied with this suretiship.
1881 Encycl. Brit. XIII. 161/2 Private suretyship is attended by many evils.
1932 Michigan Law Rev. 30 809 Suretyship is revoked by death.
2012 Mercury (S. Afr.) (Nexis) 21 Nov. 2 Without his suretyship the application would not have been approved.
2. With reference to Christ: the undertaking of responsibility for the sins of humankind, conceived as a debt. Now somewhat rare.
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1598 H. Jacob Treat. Sufferings & Victory Christ 42 Hee tooke our person on him, and presented himselfe therein before his Father... By his suretyship hee is a debtor and obnoxious to the Creditour & the Law.
1642 T. Goodwin Christ set Forth v. iv. 148 He is not quit of this Surety-ship and engagement.
1686 J. Scott Christian Life: Pt. II II. 804 We have not only Gods Word, but also the Suretiship of our Saviour to depend on.
1763 W. Crookshank tr. H. Witsius Oeconomy of Covenants (new ed.) III. iv. xii. 1109 The suretyship of Christ apprehended by faith.
1782 J. Muirhead Diss. Foederal Trans. between God & Church Introd. 15 The suretyship of Jesus Christ, then, consisted in his taking upon himself the burden of his people's debt..with a full resolution to pay it.
1851 Church of Eng. Mag. 11 Jan. 27/2 Christ's suretyship involved his paying the whole debt for man.
1894 Expository Times Jan. 184/1 Our righteous God gave his Son to be bondsman in our stead, and the Son accepted the suretyship.
1971 W. E. Best Impeccable Christ 80 Christ's suretyship and sufferings are of the same extent.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2015; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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