Category:-ship

-ship. Etym: [oe. -schipe, as. -scipe; akin to ofries. -skipe, olg. - Skepi, d. -schap, ohg. -scaf, g. -schaft. Cf. Shape, n., and Landscape.]

Defn: a suffix denoting state, office, dignity, profession, or art; As in lordship, friendship, chancellorship, stewardship, Horsemanship.