Fellowship Meaning
/ˈfɛl.ə(ʊ).ʃɪp/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA company of people that share the same interest or aim.
nounCompany, companions; a group of people or things following another.
Sentence Examples
He longs for the fellowship of the rich.
I bid you greetings and may there be peace through fellowship between us.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The research grant included a ____ with top scientists at the institute.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He was awarded a research ____ to study the impact of climate change on coastal ecosystems in the Pacific.
Word Origin & History
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”)
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"[…]But then the mind much ſufferance doth or'e ſcip,
When griefe hath mates,and bearing fellowſhip :
How light and portable my paine ſeemes now,
When that which makes me bend, makes the King bow,
He childed as I fathered,Tom away,
Marke the high noyſes and thy ſelfe bewray,[…]"
— c. 1603–1606 (date written), [William Shakespeare], […] His True Chronicle Historie of the Life and Death of King Lear and His Three Daughters. […] (First Quarto), London: […] Nathaniel Butter, […], published 1608, →OCLC, [Act III, scene v]:
"A King thou art by name, and a King of good fellovvſhippe by nature, vvhereby I ominate this Encomion of the king of fiſhes vvas predeſtinate to thee from thy ſvvadling clothes."
— 1599, [Thomas] Nashe, “[The Epistle Dedicatorie]”, in Nashes Lenten Stuffe, […], London: […] [Thomas Judson and Valentine Simmes] for N[icholas] L[ing] and C[uthbert] B[urby] […], →OCLC:
"There is a significant investment in scholarships and fellowships and traineeships, so that we are also making sure that we’re investing in domestic work force."
— 2021 May 18, Catie Edmondson, quoting Debbie Altenburg, “Senate Weighs Investing $120 Billion in Science to Counter China”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
"It will go toward 20 full-tuition fellowships for students of color, as well as to endow the initiative in perpetuity, provide relief for the existing scholarship fund and bring in artists of color as visiting faculty over the next five years."
— 2021 May 20, Hilarie M. Sheets, “A Utopian Art School in Michigan Looks Back and Ahead”, in The New York Times, →ISSN:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The research grant included a ____ with top scientists at the institute.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
He was awarded a research ____ to study the impact of climate change on coastal ecosystems in the Pacific.