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fel·low·ship
I. \ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌship\ noun
(-s)
Etymology: Middle English felaweshipe, from felawe fellow + -shipe -ship
1.
a. : the companionship of persons on equal and friendly terms : company, society
< looking for the fellowship of companionable people >
< the inability of the individual to find satisfactory fellowship in the group — N.A.Ford >
b. : the state of being together or sharing (as in an activity or experience) : mutual participation, interest, or experience : common interest or experience
< their fellowship in crime — A.J.Ayer >
c. : intimate mutual personal intercourse
< a fellowship with great men >
< a fellowship with the glorious firmament — E.J.Banfield >
2. : a company or group of equals or associates : union, association
< he belongs to an organized fellowship that circulates a devotional literary criticism — Bernard DeVoto >
a. archaic : the fellows of a college or university
b. archaic : a guild or corporation
c. : brotherhood, fraternity; also : a group with the intimate relationship or common purposefulness of a brotherhood or fraternity
< a fellowship of women and girls devoted to the task of realizing in our common life those ideals … to which we are committed as Christians — Current Biography >
d. : a local group of 10 or more Unitarians or Universalists ineligible for church status and usually without a minister but recognized and regulated by the denomination
3. : the quality or state of being comradely : friendliness, comradeship
4.
a. : the state or relationship of being an equal or an associate
b. obsolete : membership in a society : partnership, alliance
c. : mutual relation between members or branches of the same church : communion 3a
5.
a. : the position or rank of a fellow (as of a university, college, or hospital)
b.
(1) : the stipend or endowments of a fellow (as of a college or university)
(2) : a sum of money offered or granted by an educational institution, a public or private agency, organization, or foundation for advanced study or research or for creative writing
c. : a foundation for the providing of such a stipend or sum
II. transitive verb
(fellowshiped or fellowshipped ; fellowshiped or fellowshipped ; fellowshiping or fellowshipping ; fellowships)
Etymology: Middle English felaweshipen to join in fellowship, from felaweshipe, n.
: to join in fellowship or be in communion with (a church or church member) |