Nouns ending in 'SHIP'

The suffix 'ship' added to a noun indicates status, quality, profession or rank.
Here are some examples:

• APPRENTICESHIP
  The position of an apprentice or the time served as an apprentice.
  
  
• CHAMPIONSHIP
  A contest for the position of champion in a game or sport.
  
  
• CRAFTMANSHIP
  The skill in a craft or the quality of something made by hand.
  
  
• CITIZENSHIP
  The status of being a citizen in a country.
  
  
• DICTATORSHIP
  Governed by a dictator; a totalitarian state.
  
  
• FRIENDSHIP
  The state of being friends.
  
  
• HORSEMANSHIP
  The skill or art of riding on horseback.
  
  
• INTERNSHIP
  The position of a student or trainee to gain work experience.
  
  
• KINSHIP
  Family relationship, or a feeling of being close to someone.
  
  
• LEADERSHIP
  The action of leading or commanding a group or organisation.
  
  
• MASTERSHIP
  Expert skill or knowledge, or be in control of something.
  
  
• MEMBERSHIP
  The state of belonging to an organisation, group or club.
  
  
• OWNERSHIP
  The act of possessing something or being the proprietor.
  
  
• PARTNERSHIP
  An association of two or more people as partners.
  
  
• PENMANSHIP
  The art or skill of writing by hand.
  
  
• READERSHIP
  The number of readers of a newspaper, magazine, book, etc.
  
  
• RELATIONSHIP
  The way in which two or more people or things are connected.
  
  
• SCHOLARSHIP
  Academic study; payment to support a student’s education.
  
  
• SPORTSMANSHIP
  Fair behaviour, especially in a sporting contest.
  
  
• WORKMANSHIP
  Degree of skill with which something is made.
  
  

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