gossipry

gossipry (countable and uncountable, plural gossipries)

1. Spiritual relationship or affinity; gossiprede; special intimacy.
   • 1545, John Bale, The Image of Both Churches

     nor for popish orders , nor yet for any gossipry

2. Idle talk; gossip.
   • 1868–1869, Robert Browning, “(please specify the page)”, in The Ring and the Book. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to IV), London: Smith, Elder and Co., OCLC 1132904128:

     , Chapter V

     [S]uch acts
     As I thought just, my wife called cruelty,
     Complained of in due form, — convoked no court
     Of common gossipry, but took her wrongs […]

• gossipry in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913