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sonship

American  
[suhn-ship] / ˈsʌnˌʃɪp /

noun

  1. the state, fact, or relation of being a son.


Etymology

Origin of sonship

First recorded in 1580–90; son + -ship

Example Sentences

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More broadly, Sobrino espouses an evolutionary view of Jesus' sonship.

From Time Magazine Archive

He was ignorant of the meaning of the Christian doctrine of the Trinity and the sonship of Christ.

From Time Magazine Archive

You and I know nothing of a man's sonship until he believes.

From Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians by Ryle, John Charles

All these are things belonging even to the sonship of this world.

From Practical Religion Being Plain Papers on the Daily Duties, Experience, Dangers, and Privileges of Professing Christians by Ryle, John Charles

The Thirty-nine Articles took essentially Lutheran ground in treating of baptism, recognising it as a vehicle of regeneration and divine sonship, and the tractarians laid uncommonly great stress upon this article.

From Church History, Vol. 3 of 3 by Kurtz, J. H.

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