noun · countable / uncountable · rare

fellowship

fel·low·ship

fellowship · fellowships

товариство, братство, братерство, стипендія

товарищество, сообщество, братство, содружество

Gemeinschaft, Kameradschaft

A company of people that share the same interest or aimA company of people that share the same interest or aim.

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UK/ˈfɛl.ə(ʊ).ʃɪp/US/ˈfɛl.ə.ʃɪp/

» He longs for the fellowship of the rich.

Er sehnt sich nach der Gesellschaft Reicher.

Meaning

7 senses

(countable, uncountable)A company of people that share the same interest or aim.
The Fellowship of the Ring
Gemeinschaft, Kameradschaft
това́риществоtováriščestvo, бра́тствоbrátstvo, содру́жествоsodrúžestvo
товари́ствоtovarýstvo, бра́тствоbrátstvo
an association of people who share common beliefs or activities
(countable, dated, uncountable)Company, companions; a group of people or things following another.
(countable, uncountable)A feeling of friendship, relatedness or connection between people.
The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ and the love of God and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all.
това́риществоtováriščestvo, дру́жбаdrúžba
брате́рствоbratérstvo
(countable, uncountable)A merit-based scholarship.
стипе́ндіяstypéndija
(countable, uncountable)A temporary position at an academic institution with limited teaching duties and ample time for research.
(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.
(archaic, countable, uncountable)The proportional division of profit and loss among partners.

Examples

6 sentences

He longs for the fellowship of the rich.
deEr sehnt sich nach der Gesellschaft Reicher.
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Evangelical believers find strength in fellowship and communal worship.
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In times like these, we must all act in fellowship.
deIn Zeiten wie diesen müssen wir alle gemeinschaftlich handeln.
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I bid you greetings and may there be peace through fellowship between us.
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And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 3

Company of people that shares the same interest or aim:

A feeling of friendship:

A merit-based scholarship:

Русский

By meaning 2

Company of people that shares the same interest or aim:

A feeling of friendship:

Deutsch

By meaning 1

Company of people that shares the same interest or aim:

Origin

From Middle English felowschipe, felawshipe, felaȝschyp, equivalent to fellow + -ship; or

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”)

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