Obs. rare. [f. JEW sb. + -SHIP.] The condition or profession of a Jew; Judaism.
1535. Coverdale, Gal. i. 13. Ye haue herde of my conuersacion afore tyme in the Ieweshippe how that … I … preuayled in the Ieweshippe aboue many of my companyons in my nacion.
1549. Coverdale, etc. Erasm. Par. 1 Tim. iv. 1. Whiche shall departe from the synceritie of fayth … and slyde backe vnto a certayne Ieweship.
