togethership

From together +‎ -ship. Compare Old English gaderscype (“union, marriage”).

togethership (uncountable)

1. A state or condition of togetherness or being together; unity; solidarity.
   • 1908, Robert Herrick, Together:

     Alone she cannot fight; her Man is her weapon. He makes to prevail those Ideals which she has given him with her embraces. This also is the perfect type of Marriage, — comradeship, togethership, — [...]

   • 1922, Ethel Smith Dorrance, James French Dorrance, Lonesome Town:

     This was effected by a ransom payment insignificant as compared with the paint-pony's joy. He was then ready for the business of this first day of real togethership with his self -selected — she who admittedly herself had selected him.

   • 2004, Ardith Davis Cole, When reading begins:

     One can often see such transactions develop at a time when the reader is experiencing the more difficult sections of text, during a time of struggle. Yet, as teacher and student move through this challenging period in togethership, their dance through difficulty creates a unified flow toward the greatest growth.

• gathership