Fellowship

n.	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. - Bacon. Men are made for society and mutual fellowship. - Calamy.
	3.	A state of being together; companionship; partnership; association; hence, confederation; joint interest. The great contention of the sea and skies Parted our fellowship. - Shak. Fellowship in pain divides not smart - Milton. Fellowship in woe doth woe assuage - Shak. The goodliest fellowship of famous knights, Whereof this world holds record. - Tennyson.
	4.	Those associated with one, as in a family, or a society; a company. The sorrow of Noah with his fellowship. - Chaucer. With that a joyous fellowship issued Of minstrels. - Spenser.
	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. Good fellowship companionableness; the spirit and disposition befitting comrades. There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee. - Shak.
v. t.	1.	(Eccl.) To acknowledge as of good standing, or in communion according to standards of faith and practice; to admit to Christian fellowship. [imp. & p. p. Fellowshiped ( ); p. pr. & vb. n.. Fellowshiping.]

Noun	1.	fellowship - 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" Synonyms: family
	2.	fellowship - the state of being with someone; "he missed their company"; "he enjoyed the society of his friends" Synonyms: companionship, company, society
	3.	fellowship - money granted (by a university or foundation or other agency) for advanced study or research

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