burghershipn.
/ˈbəːɡəʃɪp/ a. The rights and privileges of a burgher.
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society > law > legal right > right of specific class, person, or place > [noun] > status or rights of being a citizen
burgessy1340
civilityc1384
franchisea1400
burgess-shipa1450
free burghership?1555
citizenship1611
cit1679
burghership1725
citizenhood1851
1725 D. Cotes tr. L. E. Du Pin New Eccl. Hist. 17th Cent. I. v. 188 Who had lost their Burghership for some great Crimes.
1871 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest IV. xviii. 209 The rights both of burghership and clanship were strictly enforced.
b. figurative (cf. burgess-ship n. 1b).
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?1555 M. Coverdale tr. O. Werdmueller Treat. Death i. xvi. 57 Our conuersation & burgership is in heauen.
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