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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

The law of Christian sonship, manifest only in shadow in the Levitical sanctity, is now pronounced by Jesus: “You shall be perfect, as your heavenly Father is perfect.”

From The Expositor's Bible: Ephesians by Findlay, G. G.

A sonship indeed is what Our Lord is Himself incessantly teaching the Apostles to regard as their high privilege, for God is not only His Father, but theirs: "Thus shalt thou pray, Our Father."

From The Abiding Presence of the Holy Ghost in the Soul by Jarrett, Bede

Galatians, Epistle to the, 175.Gideon’s faith, 261.Glory, of sonship, 37; of leadership, 38;in power to consecrate, 39;in destroying Satan, 42.God, not a mechanician, 209; the Son is, 27;a consuming fire, 309.Gnostics,

From The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews by Edwards, Thomas Charles

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