Fellowship meaning

fĕl'ō-shĭp'
The status or position of one who is awarded such a grant.
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Companionship; friendly association.
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(medicine) A period of supervised, sub-specialty medical training in the United States and Canada that a physician may undertake after completing a specialty training program or residency.
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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.
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The rank or position of a fellow in a university or college.
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A company of people that share the same interest or aim.
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A feeling of friendship, relatedness or connection between people.
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A merit-based scholarship.
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A temporary position at an academic institution with limited teaching duties and ample time for research; this may also be called a postdoc.
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(Christianity) Spiritual communion with a divine being.

The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. (2 Corinthians 13:14, ESV))

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To admit to fellowship, enter into fellowship with; to make feel welcome by showing friendship or building a cordial relationship. Now only in religious use.

The Bishop's family fellowshipped the new converts.

The Society of Religious Snobs refused to fellowship the poor, immigrant family.

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(intransitive) To join in fellowship; to associate with. Now only in religious use, and chiefly U.S.

The megachurch he attends is too big for making personal connections, so he also fellowships weekly in one of the church's small groups.

After she got married, she stopped fellowshipping with the singles in our church.

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The definition of a fellowship is a group of people who share a common interest or is a grant of funds for a student.

A group of people who all study a particular field of science is an example of a fellowship.

When a student is given a grant to go to graduate school, this is an example of a graduate fellowship.

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The companionship of individuals in a congenial atmosphere and on equal terms.

A voracious reader who found fellowship in a book club.

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Friendship; comradeship.

A strong fellowship developed among them.

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A close association of friends or equals sharing similar interests.

A fellowship of photographers.

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The financial grant made to a fellow in a college or university.
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A mutual sharing, as of experience, activity, interest, etc.
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A group of people with the same interests; company; brotherhood.
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Origin of fellowship

fellow +‎ -ship

Sentence Examples

  • In 1838 he gained a fellowship, and graduated with first-class honours in 1839.

  • He gained a fellowship at New College in 1657, and proceeded B.A.

  • This fellowship with the glorified Christ rather than a less spiritual trust in his death and atonement is with him the essential thing.

  • In October 1818 he was elected to a fellowship, and went for a year's travel on the Continent.

  • After his wife's death in 1871 he left Marlborough and went to Oxford as a modern history tutor and lecturer at University, Balliol and New Colleges and in 1874 was elected to a fellowship at University and in 1878 to an honorary fellowship at Balliol.

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