twinshipn.
/ˈtwɪnʃɪp/ The condition of being twin, or a twin; the relation of a twin or twins. literal and figurative.
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society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > child > relationship to parent > [noun] > condition of twin
twinship1674
twinism1796
twinhood1871
twinness1909
1674 N. Fairfax Treat. Bulk & Selvedge 107 It [an atome or leasting] has neither East side nor West side;..top nor bottom,..nor any thing that speaks twinship to any thing else.
1796 C. Burney Mem. Life Metastasio I. 378 With all the tenderness of twinship.
1899 E. G. Jones Ascent through Christ II. ii. 28 The two streams of mental and organic life coalesce..and begin that marvellous twinship which ends only at death.
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