[-ship] n suffix [ME, fr. OE -scipe; akin to OHG -scaft -ship, OE scieppan to shape--more at shape] 1: state: condition: quality "friendship"
2: office: dignity: profession "clerkship"
3: art: skill "horsemanship"
4: something showing, exhibiting, or embodying a quality or state "township"
5: one entitled to a (specified) rank, title, or appellation "his Lordship"
6: the body of persons participating in a specified activity "readership" "listenership"