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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

This again is complicated by the doubt which has been thrown on a Thomas Chaucer’s sonship to Geoffrey, in spite of the definite assertion by the former’s contemporary, Gascoigne, Chancellor of Oxford University.

From Chaucer and His England by Coulton, G. G.

If God tells him a certain blessing is his by virtue of his sonship, it is his to "claim," to "receive" what through grace has been made his own.

From The Spirit-Filled Life by MacNeil, John

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