midwifery

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

From Middle English medewifry; equivalent to midwife + -ery.

Midwifery should be taught in the same course with fencing and boxing, riding and rowing. — Moby Dick; Or, The Whale, Herman Melville
"Rabbit ketching," as midwifery is contemptuously termed in the vernacular, does require a status, and those who have need of it merit some consideration. — Some Everyday Folk and Dawn, Miles Franklin
There’s no midwifery there, whichever place she’s gone to; so I suppose she’s out of employment, anyway.” “What do you mean?” demanded the stranger, sternly. — Oliver Twist, Charles Dickens

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