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sibship
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sibship /sib·ship/ (-ship)
1. relationship by blood.
2. a group of persons all descended from a common ancestor.
3. a group of siblings.

sib·ship (sbshp)
n.
The children produced by one pair of parents.

sibship
[sib′ship]
Etymology: AS sibb, kin, scieppan, to shape
1 the state of being related by blood.
2 a group of people descended from a common ancestor who are used as a basis for genetic studies.
3 brothers and sisters considered as a group.

sibship [sib´ship]
a group of individuals born of the same parents.

sibship
a group of animals born of the same parents.


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2) In all the novels except Emma, an entanglement of three sibships constitutes the plot (in Emma the third group consists of orphans: Frank Churchill, Jane Fairfax, and Harriet Smith; the Martin siblings are also on the sidelines).
 
 
 
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