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Definition of Sonship
1. n. The state of being a son, or of bearing the relation of a son; filiation.
Definition of Sonship
1. Noun. The position or state of being a son. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sonship
1. the state of being a son [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sonship
Literary usage of Sonship
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Ante-Nicene Fathers: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers Down to by Alexander Roberts, James Donaldson, Arthur Cleveland Coxe (1886)
"And it approaches the refined sonship, and the non-existent God,2 even Him who
fabricated the world out of nonentities. He was not, (however,) able to have ..."
2. Dissertations on Subjects Connected with the Incarnation by Charles Gore (1907)
"but that consciousness of divine sonship did not, we are led to suppose, ...
The divine sonship is impressively asserted at the baptism of Jesus by John in ..."
3. Ante-Nicene Christian Library: Translations of the Writings of the Fathers by James Donaldson, Alexander Roberts, Allan Menzies, Novatianus (1868)
"And it must needs be that the sonship which had been left behind ought likewise
to be revealed and reinstated above. And His place should be above the ..."
4. The Place of Christ in Modern Theology by Andrew Martin Fairbairn (1895)
"As Son by essential Divine nature, He was Only Begotten ; as Son in His assumed
human nature, He was First Born. His sonship as the ..."
5. New Testament Theology: Or, Historical Account of the Teaching of Jesus and by Willibald Beyschlag, Neil Buchanan (1895)
"Accordingly, Jesus does not ascribe to all men, or to all Israelites, the divine
adoption (or sonship, Matt. v. 45), but only to His disciples. ..."
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