au·thor·ship

[aw-ther-ship]
noun
1.
origin, especially with reference to an author, creator, producer, etc., of a work: establishing the authorship of early medieval manuscripts.
2.
the occupation or career of writing books, articles, etc.

Origin:
1700–10; author + -ship

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authorship (ˈɔːθəˌʃɪp) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  the origin or originator of a written work, plan, etc: a book of unknown authorship
2.  the profession of writing books

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Authorship is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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Word Origin & History

authorship
c.1500, "the function of being a writer," from author + -ship. Meaning "literary origin" is attested from 1825.
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Example sentences
Probably there will always be a body of short narrative pieces, their
  authorship and origin lost, preserved in outlying regions.
The authorship of this stirring ode has been suspected by some, but known to
  few except its author.
The right of authorship should remain to the author.
The problem here is scatterbrain editorship, not necessarily poor authorship.
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