The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fathership \Fa"ther*ship\, n. The state of being a father; fatherhood; paternity.
Wiktionary
n. 1 The state of being a father; fatherhood; paternity. 2 (context religion English) A title of respect addressed to a priest.
Usage examples of "fathership".
Both ships can lie in wait together, and the scout, when cast off, can remain concealed from an enemy as effectively as the fathership, can-was Askel broke off, hearing as he had expected to hear at this point the outrage of honorable Klingons who had just been told that they were expected to hide from the foe instead of striking at him and thus gaining glory.
Master Lenehan at this made return that he had heard of those nefarious deeds and how, as he heard hereof counted, he had besmirched the lily virtue of a confiding female which was corruption of minors and they all intershowed it too, waxing merry and toasting to his fathership.