[f. BRIDE sb.1 1 + -SHIP.] The status or standing of a bride; the rank or personality of a bride.

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a. 1652.  Brome, Novella, II. i. All her wares, For her to take her choyce to deck her Brideship.

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1865.  Carlyle, Fredk. Gt., III. VIII. vi. 50. Wilhelmina’s wedding-day arrived, after a brideship of eight months.

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