Bible Dictionaries
Authorship

Webster's Dictionary

(1):

(n.) The quality or state of being an author; function or dignity of an author.

(2):

(n.) Source; origin; origination; as, the authorship of a book or review, or of an act, or state of affairs.

Bibliography Information
Webster, Noah. Entry for 'Authorship'. Noah Webster's American Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​web/​a/authorship.html. 1828.