forming nouns, denoting:
state, condition, or quality
friendship
office, status, or profession
professorship
the office, status, or profession
professorship
the period during which the specified office or position is held
during his dictatorship
art or skill
horsemanship
scholarship
(treated as sing. or pl) the whole group or body sharing the specified state
readership
membership
somebody entitled to the specified rank, title, or appellation
his Lordship
[Old English -scipe]