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Tamguatlay Posted 12 years ago
Vocabulary

Does 'believership' exist?

I was arguing with a friend over the word "believership'?

I said there is no such word as I cannot find it in any dictionary.

Is he correct or am I?

Thanks.
  

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I'm not aware of its existence, but we could probably come up with a logical definition.

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I'm not aware of its existence, but we could probably come up with a logical definition.
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I searched on Google. The word seems to be used in some Christian sects.
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fivejedjonI searched on Google. The word seems to be used in some Christian sects.
But does it mean that 'believership' exist?
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tamguatlayI was arguing with a friend over the word "believership'?
Google only gets about 3,000 hits for "believership". That means that the word is exceedingly rare — so rare, in fact, that it should probably not be used when writing for the general public. As you have already said, the word has not yet made it into the dictionaries.

CJ
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CalifJim tamguatlayI was arguing with a friend over the word "believership'?Google only gets about 3,000 hits for "believership". That means that the word is exceedingly rare — so rare, in fact, that it should probably not be used when writing for the general public. As you have already said, the word has not yet made it into the dictionaries.CJ
Thanks, CJ.
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