brideshipn.
/ˈbrʌɪdʃɪp/, U.S. /ˈbraɪdˌʃɪp/ The state or condition of being a bride or fiancée, or of being married. Also with possessive adjective, as a (mock) form of address to a bride.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > wedding or nuptials > people connected with wedding > [noun] > bride > position of
brideship1638
bridalry1741
bridehood1845
1638 J. Ford Fancies ii. 26 Thank your Brideship—your Bawdship.
a1652 R. Brome Novella ii. i. sig. I5v, in Five New Playes (1653) All her wares, For her to take her choyce to deck her Brideship.
1874 Inter Ocean (Chicago) 22 Nov. 5/1 Charming indeed was the bride, even beyond the fascination that usually belongs to brideship.
1914 H. S. Woodruff Little House viii. 181 I believe you..otherwise I would not this day be taking you to myself as I am now doing, and placing upon your finger the beautiful band of brideship.
2000 H. E. Keller My Secret is Mine i. 49 She experiments with nuptial experience and language, using both her own brideship and the figurative language of the Song of Songs.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2019; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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