Definition of Guildship

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Guildship

guild-halls
guild socialism
guildable
guilder
guilders
guildhall
guildhalls
guilding
guildite
guildless
guildmate
guildmates
guildries
guildry
guilds
guildship (current term)
guildships
guildsman
guildsmen
guile
guiled
guileful
guilefull
guilefully
guilefulness
guilefulnesses
guileless
guilelessly
guilelessness
guilelessnesses

Literary usage of Guildship

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Archaeological Journal by British Archaeological Association (1892)
"ON guildship IN ANGLO-SAXON MONASTERIES,1 By the Rev. J. HIRST. Whoever has consulted the usual accredited authorities on Guilds, Brentano, Toulmin Smith, ..."

2. Diplomatarium Anglicum Aevi Saxonici: A Collection of English Charters, from by BENJAMIN. THORPE (1865)
"if a follower wound another, let the lord avenge it, and all the guildship together; so that seek he whatever he may seek, he have not life. ..."

3. An Introduction to the History of Life Assurance by Alexander Fingland Jack (1912)
"That will rightly be called a guildship, which we thus do, ... 608, 609) : " In the name of Christ and St. Peter the Apostle, a guildship is gathered at ..."

4. Selections from the Sources of English History: Being a Supplement to Text by Charles William Colby (1899)
"That will rightly be called a guildship, which we thus do, and it will beseem it well, both before God and before the world; for we know not which of us ..."

5. A Glossary of Ecclesiastical Terms by Orby Shipley (1872)
"Also called guildship. Guild Gave. A religious play' by which a guild celebrated its patron saint's day. Guild Priest. The chaplain of a guild, appointed to ..."

6. Publications by Hampshire Record Society, Winchester, Winchester Hampshire Record Society, American peace society, Algernon Sidney Crapsey, Ernest Howard Crosby, W. Evans Darby, John Hyde De Forest, Charles Edward Jefferson, Augustine Jones, Mrs. L. J. Mead, J. H. Ral (1892)
"... was at St. Gall in Switzerland, between AD 781 and 816. Rev. J. Hirst, in a paper "On guildship in Anglo-Saxon Monasteries," in a recent volume of the ..."

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