The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bardship \Bard"ship\, n. The state of being a bard.
Wiktionary
n. The state of being a bard.
Usage examples of "bardship".
After another ten minutes of homage to the Golden Goddess, a bard of some little renown took the stand -- not to demonstrate his bardly prowess, for that was known to all, but to discourse on certain aspects of bardship and allied matters.
Instead of stroking his ego about a bardship, it offered a blunt assessment: Give it up and accept being a voyageur.
The degrees of bardship were elaborate and formal, their roles well defined through eons, apparently, of unaltered tradition.
He was called the Phantarch, and was chosen by acclamation of his peers to rule over the bardship of Albion.
Instead of stroking his ego about a bardship, it offered a blunt assessment: Give it up and accept being a voyageur.