association, society; brotherhood; companionship; position of fellow (at a university); research grant
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Fellowship Definition from Arts & Humanities Dictionaries & Glossaries
Fellowship Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
fellowship
\fel"low*ship\ (?), n. [fellow + -ship.]
1. the state or relation of being or associate.
2. companionship of persons on equal and friendly terms; frequent and familiar intercourse. in a great town, friends are scattered, so that there is not that fellowship which is in less neighborhods. men are made for society and mutual fellowship. alamy.
3. a state of being together; companionship; partnership; association; hence, confederation; joint interest. the great contention of the sea and skies parted our fellowship. fellowship in pain divides not smart. fellowship in woe doth woe assuage. the goodliest fellowship of famous knights, whereof this world holds record.
4. those associated with one, as in a family, or a society; a company. the sorrow of noah with his fellowship. with that a joyous fellowship issued of minstrels.
5. (eng. & amer. universities) a foundation for the maintenance, on certain conditions, of a scholar called a fellow, who usually resides at the university.
6. (arith.) the rule for dividing profit and loss among partners; -- called also partnership, company, and distributive proportion.
similar words(3)
good-fellowship
good fellowship
to sit for a fellowship
Noun
1. an association of people who share common beliefs or activities; "the message was addressed not just to employees but to every member of the company family"; "the church welcomed new members into its fellowship"
(synonym) family
(hypernym) association
(hyponym) koinonia
2. the state of being with someone; "he missed their company"; "he enjoyed the society of his friends"
(synonym) company, companionship, society
(hypernym) friendship, friendly relationship
(hyponym) freemasonry
3. money granted (by a university or foundation or other agency) for advanced study or research
(hypernym) aid, economic aid
Fellowship Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
Fellowship may refer to:
- An academic position: see fellow
- A merit-based scholarship, or form of academic financial aid
- Fellowship (medicine), a period of medical training after a residency
- In Christianity, a term (translated from the Greek koinonia) referring to individual Christians who are in Christian communion with each other
- The Fellowship (Australia), a group within the Presbyterian Church of Australia
- InterVarsity Christian Fellowship
- The Fellowship (Christian organization), an American organization also known as "the Family"
- The Fellowship of the Ring, the first volume in J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings
- The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring, the first of Peter Jackson's film trilogy.
- Fellowship!, a musical stage play parody of The Fellowship of the Ring
- Fellowship, an album by Lizz Wright
- Fellowship, Florida, a town in the United States
- Fellowship, New Jersey, an unincorporated community in the United States
- Fellowship Baptist College, an institution of higher learning in Kabankalan City, Philippines
- Fellowship Church, a church located in Grapevine, Texas
- Fellowship of the Royal College of Pathologists, assessment for pathology training in the United Kingdom
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Fellowship! is a musical parody stage play based on The Fellowship of the Ring the first volume of J. R. R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings, and Peter Jackson's 2001 film adaptation of it. The book was written by Kelly Holden-Bashar and Joel McCrary with music by Allen Simpson and lyrics and additional material by Brian D. Bradley, Lisa Fredrickson, Kelly Holden-Bashar, Joel McCrary, Edi Patterson, Steve Purnick, Cory Rouse, Allen Simpson, Ryan Smith, Peter Allen Vogt and Matthew Stephen Young. The musical was first performed at the El Portal Forum Theater in North Hollywood, California.
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Fellowship Definition from Religion & Spirituality Dictionaries & Glossaries
(1.) With God, consisting in the knowledge of his will (Job 22:21; John 17:3); agreement with his designs (Amos 3:2); mutual affection (Rom. 8: 38, 39); enjoyment of his presence (Ps. 4:6); conformity to his image (1 John 2:6; 1:6); and participation of his felicity (1 John 1:3, 4; Eph. 3:14-21). (2.) Of saints with one another, in duties (Rom. 12:5; 1 Cor. 12:1; 1 Thess. 5:17, 18); in ordinances (Heb. 10:25; Acts 2:46); in grace, love, joy, etc. (Mal. 3:16; 2 Cor. 8:4); mutual interest, spiritual and temporal (Rom. 12:4, 13; Heb. 13:16); in sufferings (Rom. 15:1, 2; Gal. 6:1, 2; Rom. 12:15; and in glory (Rev. 7:9).
