fellowship
To admit to fellowship, enter into fellowship withTo admit to fellowship, enter into fellowship with; to make feel welcome by showing friendship or building a cordial relationship. Now only in religious use.
» He longs for the fellowship of the rich.
Er sehnt sich nach der Gesellschaft Reicher. — Yorwba
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2 senses(transitive)To admit to fellowship, enter into fellowship with; to make feel welcome by showing friendship or building a cordial relationship. Now only in religious use.
The Bishop's family fellowshipped the new converts.
The Society of Religious Snobs refused to fellowship the poor family.
(US, especially, intransitive)To join in fellowship; to associate with.
The megachurch he attends is too big for making personal connections, so he also fellowships weekly in one of the church's small groups.
After she got married, she stopped fellowshipping with the singles in our church.
Examples
6 sentencesHe longs for the fellowship of the rich.
deEr sehnt sich nach der Gesellschaft Reicher. — Yorwba
Evangelical believers find strength in fellowship and communal worship.
In times like these, we must all act in fellowship.
deIn Zeiten wie diesen müssen wir alle gemeinschaftlich handeln. — Yorwba
I bid you greetings and may there be peace through fellowship between us.
And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather reprove them.
Origin
From Middle English felowschipe, felawshipe, felaȝschyp, equivalent to fellow + -ship; orFrom 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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Forms
fellowships, fellowshipping, fellowshipped, fellowshipped| Base form | fellowship · to fellowship |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | fellowships |
| Present participle | fellowshipping |
| Past simple | fellowshipped / fellowshiped |
| Past participle | fellowshipped / fellowshiped |
irregular
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.