gossipry

noun — 2 senses

gossipry

noun

1

Spiritual relationship or affinity; gossiprede; special intimacy.

nor for popish orders , nor yet for any gossipry1545, John Bale, The Image of Both Churches:

2

Idle talk; gossip.

, Chapter V [S]uch acts As I thought just, my wife called cruelty, Complained of in due form, — convoked no court Of common gossipry, but took her wrongs […]

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