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Authorship definition

ôthər-shĭp
The profession or occupation of a writer.
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Source or origin, as of a book or idea.

A poem of disputed authorship.

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The act, fact, or occupation of writing.
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The origin (of a book, etc.) with reference to its author.

A story of unknown authorship.

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The source (of an idea, deed, etc.) with reference to its originator.
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The quality or state of being an author; the function or dignity of an author.
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The source; origin; origination; as, the authorship of a book or review, or of an act, or state of affairs.
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Noun

Singular:
authorship
Plural:
authorships

Origin of authorship

  • author +‎ -ship

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Authorship Sentence Examples

  • As regards the John mentioned in the Apocalypse, he is now identified by a majority of critics with John the Presbyter, and further the trend of criticism is in favour of transferring all the Johannine writings to him, or rather to his school in Asia Minor.2 For an independent discussion of the authorship of the Fourth Gospel, see JOHN, GOSPEL OF ST.

  • The authorship of the Letters of Junius has been assigned to Francis on a variety of grounds (see JuNlus).

  • Dr James Drummond's Inquiry into the Character and Authorship of the Fourth Gospel (1903) does not, by its valuable survey of the external evidence, succeed in giving credibility to the eyewitness origin of such a book as this is admitted to be.

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