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fellowship

/ˈfɛləʃɪp/

noun

Meaning

  • A company of people that share the same interest or aim.

    "The Fellowship of the Ring"

  • Company, companions; a group of people or things following another.

  • A feeling of friendship, relatedness or connection between people.

  • A merit-based scholarship.

  • A temporary position at an academic institution with limited teaching duties and ample time for research; this may also be called a postdoc.

  • 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.

  • The proportional division of profit and loss among partners.

verb

Meaning

  • 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."

  • To join in fellowship; to associate with.

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