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fellowship

[fel-oh-ship]
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noun

verb (used with object), fel·low·shipped or fel·low·shiped, fel·low·ship·ping or fel·low·ship·ing.

to admit to fellowship, especially religious fellowship.

verb (used without object), fel·low·shipped or fel·low·shiped, fel·low·ship·ping or fel·low·ship·ing.

to join in fellowship, especially religious fellowship.

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Nearby words

  1. fellow traveller,
  2. fellow-feeling,
  3. fellow-servant rule,
  4. fellowly,
  5. fellowman,
  6. felly,
  7. felo de se,
  8. felo-de-se,
  9. felon,
  10. felonious

Origin of fellowship

First recorded in 1150–1200, fellowship is from the Middle English word felaweshipe. See fellow, -ship
SYNONYMS FOR fellowship
2. comradeship, camaraderie, friendship, society, intimacy.
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British Dictionary definitions for fellowshipping

fellowship

noun

the state of sharing mutual interests, experiences, activities, etc
a society of people sharing mutual interests, experiences, activities, etc; club
companionship; friendship
the state or relationship of being a fellow
  1. mutual trust and charitableness between Christians
  2. a Church or religious association
education
  1. a financed research post providing study facilities, privileges, etc, often in return for teaching services
  2. a foundation endowed to support a postgraduate research student
  3. an honorary title carrying certain privileges awarded to a postgraduate student
(often capital) the body of fellows in a college, university, etc
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Word Origin and History for fellowshipping

fellowship

n.

c.1200, feolahschipe "companionship," from fellow + -ship. In Middle English it was at times a euphemism for "sexual intercourse" (carnal fellowship).

To fellowship with is to hold communion with; to unite with in doctrine and discipline. This barbarism now appears with disgusting frequency in the reports of ecclesiastical conventions, and in the religious newspapers generally. [Bartlett, "Dictionary of Americanisms," 1848]
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper