maidenship

English

Etymology

From maiden +‎ -ship.

Noun

maidenship (usually uncountable, plural maidenships)

1. (obsolete) The state of being a maiden; virginity.
   • 1655, Thomas Fuller, The Church-history of Britain; […], London: […] Iohn Williams […], →OCLC, (please specify |book=I to XI):

     though at this day of KENT alone is left unto her , as whose maidenship is vehemently suspected , and holiness utterly denied

Synonyms

• maidenhood

References

• “maidenship”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.