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