[f. COMPANION sb.1 + -AGE. Cf. F. compagnonnage.]
1. Companionship. rare.
1886. Burton, Arab. Nts. (abr. ed.), I. 135. We sat conversing and carousing in companionage.
2. The body of (Knight) Companions; a list or account of these. (After peerage, etc.)
1883. Academy, 17 March, 185/1. The last section of the work [‘Debrett’], styled ‘Companionage.’
1884. Bookseller, 5 April, 356/2. ‘Debrett’ is not only a Peerage, it is a Baronetage, a Knightage, and a Companionage.
