Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Spinsterhood.
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- noun The state of being a
spinster .
Etymologies
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spinster + -ship
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Examples
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During her spinstership she had given herself without stint to the activities of her small church, a church belonging to an obscure denomination which teaches that holiness is nigh upon us; that if we but supplement conversion by a second act of grace, sanctification here and forevermore is ours.
Our Nervous Friends — Illustrating the Mastery of Nervousness Robert S. Carroll
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