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-ship

  1. the quality, condition, or state of being: hardship, friendship
    1. the rank or office of: professorship
    2. a person having the rank or status of: lordship
  2. ability or skill as: statesmanship
  3. all individuals (of the specified class) collectively: readership

See -ship in American Heritage Dictionary 4

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