-schaften

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Burschenschaft \Bur"schen*schaft`\, n.; pl. {-schaften}. [G.]
     In Germany, any of various associations of university
     students formed (the original one at Jena in 1815) to support
     liberal ideas, or the organization formed by the affiliation
     of the local bodies. The organization was suppressed by the
     government in 1819, but was secretly revived, and is now


     openly maintained as a social organization, the restrictive
     laws having been repealed prior to 1849. --
     {Bur"schen*schaft`ler}, {Bur"schen*schaf`ter}, n.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]