Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

heathenship

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
hea-then-ship
IPA
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
3
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Heathendom.

Uncountable

Etymology

From Middle English hæðene-scipe, from Old English hǣþensċipe; equivalent to heathen + -ship. Compare Middle Dutch heidijnscap, Middle Low German heidenschop, German Heidenschaft, Danish hedenskab.

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Usage

Inflected Forms

heathenships (plural)

Questions

What does heathenship mean?
Heathendom.
Where does heathenship come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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