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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. an association of people who share common beliefs or activities;
- Example: "the message was addressed not just to employees but to every member of the company family"
- Example: "the church welcomed new members into its fellowship"
[syn: family, fellowship]

2. the state of being with someone;
- Example: "he missed their company"
- Example: "he enjoyed the society of his friends"
[syn: company, companionship, fellowship, society]

3. money granted (by a university or foundation or other agency) for advanced study or research;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fellowship \Fel"low*ship\, n. [Fellow + -ship.] 1. The state or relation of being or associate. [1913 Webster] 2. Companionship of persons on equal and friendly terms; frequent and familiar intercourse. [1913 Webster] In a great town, friends are scattered, so that there is not that fellowship which is in less neighborhods. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] Men are made for society and mutual fellowship. --Calamy. [1913 Webster] 3. A state of being together; companionship; partnership; association; hence, confederation; joint interest. [1913 Webster] The great contention of the sea and skies Parted our fellowship. --Shak. [1913 Webster] Fellowship in pain divides not smart. --Milton. [1913 Webster] Fellowship in woe doth woe assuage. --Shak. [1913 Webster] The goodliest fellowship of famous knights, Whereof this world holds record. --Tennyson. [1913 Webster] 4. Those associated with one, as in a family, or a society; a company. [1913 Webster] The sorrow of Noah with his fellowship. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster] With that a joyous fellowship issued Of minstrels. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] 5. (Eng. & Amer. Universities) A foundation for the maintenance, on certain conditions, of a scholar called a fellow, who usually resides at the university. [1913 Webster] 6. (Arith.) The rule for dividing profit and loss among partners; -- called also partnership, company, and distributive proportion. [1913 Webster] Good fellowship, companionableness; the spirit and disposition befitting comrades. [1913 Webster] There's neither honesty, manhood, nor good fellowship in thee. --Shak. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Fellowship \Fel"low*ship\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fellowshiped; p. pr. & vb. n.. Fellowshiping.] (Eccl.) To acknowledge as of good standing, or in communion according to standards of faith and practice; to admit to Christian fellowship. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

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