nonce-wd. [f. APOLLO + -SHIP.] The position of Apollo; pre-eminence in poetry and prophecy.
1867. J. H. Stirling, in Fortn. Rev., Oct., 384. He was of kindred nature, predestinate to Apolloship, the godship of prophecy, the godship of song.
1897. Du Maurier, in Harper’s Mag., 136/2. They forgot his Apolloship, and his Lionhood, and his general Immensity, which he never remembered himself.
1900. Cornell Widow, Feb., 139. That Big Hans will be chosen the class Venus there can be no doubt, while Harry Hale has the Apolloship by three lengths.
