The position, status, or role of being an academician; membership in an academy or the duties and responsibilities associated with it.
From academician plus the suffix -ship (from Old English -scipe), which denotes position, rank, or state of being. The same suffix appears in friendship, leadership, and citizenship, marking important statuses.
The -ship suffix marks serious institutional positions—you become 'academician' (a noun), but then 'academicianship' (a status) acknowledges the whole role and responsibility, similar to how 'king' becomes 'kingship' or 'captain' becomes 'captainship.'
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