sonship

[ suhn-ship ]

/ ˈsʌnˌʃɪp /

the state, fact, or relation of being a son.

Origin of sonship

First recorded in 1580–90; son + -ship

He who had been the free child of Nature denies his sonship; he disowns the very breasts that suckled him.

Civilisation: Its Cause and Cure |Edward Carpenter
Look next at the sonship which is the purpose of His given Love.

Expositions of Holy Scripture |Alexander Maclaren
If a son were to question his sonship whenever his father warns, it would be a poor affair indeed.

Notes on the Book of Leviticus |C. H. Mackintosh
We have only to keep close to the conception of sonship, and we shall understand them well enough.

Lux Mundi |Various

I warn men never to suppose that they are sons of God except they have the scriptural marks of sonship.

Practical Religion |John Charles Ryle