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

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