Word: friarships
Part of speech: Noun
Syllables: fri
ar
ships
Definition: Plural of friarship. The state, personality, or character of a friar.
Morphemes:
Affix: friar
Language: en
PoS: Noun
Meaning: A member of a mendicant Christian order such as the Augustinians, Carmelites (white friars), Franciscans (grey friars) or the Dominicans (black friars).
Etymology Compounds: Affix: frāter
Language: la
Decoded: frater
Meaning: brother
Affix: -ship
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Appended to a noun to form a new noun denoting a property or state of being, time spent in a role, or a specialised union.
Affix: -s
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form plurals of foreign words, to clarify pronunciation, such as “banana’s” or “pasta’s”.