fellowship : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: fellowship	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for fellowship
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
fellowship n 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(s): family, fellowship the state of being with someone; "he missed their company"; "he enjoyed the society of his friends" Synonym(s): company, companionship, fellowship, society money granted (by a university or foundation or other agency) for advanced study or research
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Fellowship \Fel"lowship\, 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. --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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
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.
From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:
Fellowship (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).