Hypertext Webster Gateway: "citizenship"
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary (easton)
Citizenship
the rights and privileges of a citizen in distinction from a
foreigner (Luke 15:15; 19:14; Acts 21:39). Under the Mosaic law
non-Israelites, with the exception of the Moabites and the
Ammonites and others mentioned in Deut. 23:1-3, were admitted to
the general privileges of citizenship among the Jews (Ex. 12:19;
Lev. 24:22; Num. 15:15; 35:15; Deut. 10:18; 14:29; 16:10, 14).
The right of citizenship under the Roman government was
granted by the emperor to individuals, and sometimes to
provinces, as a favour or as a recompense for services rendered
to the state, or for a sum of money (Acts 22:28). This "freedom"
secured privileges equal to those enjoyed by natives of Rome.
Among the most notable of these was the provision that a man
could not be bound or imprisoned without a formal trial (Acts
22:25, 26), or scourged (16:37). All Roman citizens had the
right of appeal to Caesar (25:11).
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Citizenship \Cit"i*zen*ship\, n.
The state of being a citizen; the status of a citizen.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
citizenship
n 1: the status of a citizen with rights and duties
2: conduct as a citizen; "award for good citizenship"
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