fellowship

fel·low·ship (fel′ō s̸hip′)

noun

companionship; friendly association
a mutual sharing, as of experience, activity, interest, etc.
a group of people with the same interests; company; brotherhood
an endowment, or a sum of money paid from such an endowment, for the support of a graduate student, scholar, etc. doing advanced study in some field
the rank or position of a fellow in a university or college

Etymology: ME felauship

Congenial social feeling
comradeship, brotherhood, sisterhood, companionability, conviviality, sociality, sociability, intimacy, acquaintance, friendliness, familiarity, good-fellowship, amity, affability, camaraderie, fraternity, fellow feeling, commonality, collegiality, solidarity, bond, community of interest, togetherness*.
Antonyms enmity, antagonism, unsociability.
Congenial social activity
society, companionship, comradeship, friendship, association, fraternization, communion, familiar intercourse, alliance, bonding, teamwork.
Antonyms withdrawal*, retirement*, aloofness.
An association of people
society, club, alliance, league; see organization 3.
Subsistence payment to encourage study
stipend, grant, scholarship, honorarium, subsidy, endowment, foreign fellowship, teaching fellowship, Rockefeller fellowship, Woodrow Wilson fellowship, Rhodes scholarship, Guggenheim fellowship, assistantship.

Converse of object

endow: The cost of fully endowing a fellowship in perpetuity is around one million pounds.
self-govern: It is an independent and self-governing fellowship of scholars, elected for distinction and achievement in the humanities or social sciences.
award: He was awarded a fellowship of All Souls College, Oxford in 1919.
enjoy: I have enjoyed Christian fellowship all over the world.
visit: I also held a visiting fellowship at the Institute of English Studies, London, in 2003-4.
hold: The Institute consists of 43 academic staff, with 9 members holding Fellowships.

Adjective modifier

postdoctoral: The program offers two-year postdoctoral fellowships, reviewed annually.
post-doctoral: Dr. Andrew Peacock Dr. Peacock holds a British Academy post-doctoral Fellowship.
honorary: Honorary Fellowship will not necessarily be awarded every year.
professorial: At Oxford, he also holds a Professorial Fellowship at St Peter's College.
Unitarian: Letters continue to arrive begging the question ' Why didn't I know of the Unitarians and National Unitarian Fellowship long ago?
non-stipendiary: A non-stipendiary Fellowship at Balliol College is attached to the Professorship.

Modifies a noun

offering: They shall now bring them to the priest at the entrance of the Tent and kill them as fellowship offerings.

Noun used with modifier

Unitarian: Notes on a Form of Worship for the Bedfordshire Unitarian Fellowship.
research: I also have a research fellowship from the Royal Society.
junior: Students within the Fine Art program are also eligible to apply for Junior Fellowships upon graduation.
reading: Paperback from Bible Reading Fellowship £ 7.99 Caring for Creation Ed.
teaching: Last night Robert Ellis demonstrated why he is one of our colleagues to have been awarded a prestigious national teaching fellowship.

Preposition: of

believer: People had a 'fall ' and were put out of the fellowship of believers.

Preposition: with

believer: Pray that they will experience rich, spiritual fellowship with other believers.

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