fellowship

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) A company of people that share the same interest or aim.
2. (countable, dated, uncountable) Company, companions; a group of people or things following another.
3. (countable, uncountable) A feeling of friendship, relatedness or connection between people.
4. (countable, uncountable) A merit-based scholarship.
5. (countable, uncountable) A temporary position at an academic institution with limited teaching duties and ample time for research.
6. (countable, uncountable) 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.
7. (archaic, countable, uncountable) The proportional division of profit and loss among partners.

Verb

1. (transitive) 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.
2. (US, especially, intransitive) To join in fellowship; to associate with.

Synonyms

friendship

association

company

society

sisterhood

union

companionship

belonging

cohesiveness

togetherness

fraternity

brotherhood

club

comradeship

league

communion

scholarship

community

sodality

corporation

stipend

alliance

camaraderie

gild

guild

family

👪

grant

membership

partnership

commonwealth

relationship

organization

friendliness

institution

intimacy

exchange meeting

partship

associations

organisation

participation

acquaintance

burse

amicability

assembly

associates

bevy

bursary

chumminess

circle

⭕

coalition

Translations

Kameradschaft

asociación

dernek

genootschap

confrérie

υποτροφία

associação

Verband

association

Verbindung

amitié

camaraderie

Freundschaft

Bund

Vereinigung

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈfɛləʃɪp/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: felowschipe

Cognate with Icelandic: félagsskapur

Cognate with Danish: fællesskab

Cognate with Norwegian: fellesskap

In summary

From Middle English felowschipe, felawshipe, felaȝschyp, equivalent to fellow + -ship; or perhaps adapted from Old Norse félagskapr, félagsskapr (“fellowship”). Compare Icelandic félagsskapur (“companionship, company, community”), Danish fællesskab (“fellowship”), Norwegian fellesskap (“fellowship”), and Old Swedish fælaghskap (“fellowship”)