-ship
- the quality, condition, or state of being: hardship, friendship
- the rank or office of: professorship
- a person having the rank or status of: lordship
- ability or skill as: statesmanship
- all individuals (of the specified class) collectively: readership
See -ship in American Heritage Dictionary 4
suffixa. Quality, state, or condition: scholarship.
b. Something that shows or possesses a quality, state, or condition: courtship.
- Rank, status, or office: professorship.
- Art, skill, or craft: penmanship.
- A collective body: readership.
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