sageship

English

Etymology

From sage +‎ -ship.

Noun

sageship (plural sageships)

1. The status of being a sage.
   • 1846, The United States magazine and Democratic review, page 47:

     Surely, then, a scheme that should supersede the necessity of saintship and sageship, would be a most valuable acquisition!

   • 1846, M. K. Naik, Perspectives on Indian Fiction in English, page 112:

     That his sageship is fake is proved by the fact that he fathers a son after having supposedly renounced the world.

2. The wisdom of a sage.
   • 1973, Swami Vivekananda, The Complete Works of Swami Vivekananda, volume 3, page 253:

     This is the sageship of the Vedas, and constantly we ought to remember this ideal of religion in India.