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fellowship

fellowship

40 3.9
A group of people who share the same interests or activities
  • noun
  • /ˈfɛloʊʃɪp/
translation icon : asociación
  • They take that term from groups like the Fellowship of Reconciliation.
  • Christian fellowship
  • fellowship members
  • share in fellowship

We made a joke about Don Junior being in the Fellowship of the Rings.

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Examples

  • 13. The church is more than a community sharing faith and fellowship.

    Academic text (2015)
  • When he asked if all in the fellowship were agreed, everyone nodded, even Beulah's mother.

    Fiction book (2002)
  • Well you would be certainly be welcome at the New Life Fellowship, it's right down the street on the right.

  • I ran the Conservative Christian Fellowship for a number of years.

  • As with other certification programs, the fellowship serves educational and marketing purposes for its members.

    Academic text (2017)
  • We run academic fellowships and we are a point of contact for anyone who wishes to engage with Parliament from the research community.

  • Yes, Paul and Daisy offer the fellowship for new Americans, for immigrants and immigrant children.

  • Genesis recovery is a fellowship of men and women who share their experience, strength, and hope with each other, that they may solve their common problem and help others to recover from alcoholism and drug addiction.

  • We held the Milwaukee Sofia and Milwaukee Stoic Fellowship meetings online through Zoom.

  • Narcotics Anonymous is a fellowship of men and women who are learning to live without drugs.

Synonyms

community
vsfellowship
2.8

A shared feeling among people with the same interests or goals

is an actual group of people with shared activities and beliefs
circle
vsfellowship
318 3.3

A group of people with shared interests

is used for groups regardless of formality or organization
association
vsfellowship
188 2.8

A group of people who share a common purpose or interest

is less tied to formal structure or organization
guild
vsfellowship
111 4.2

A group of people with the same job or interest who help each other

is a general group not limited to occupations or mutual aid
brotherhood
vsfellowship
43 3.7

A group of people in the same job who support each other

is less focused on close mutual support between members
fraternity
vsfellowship
12 5.5

All the people who do the same kind of work seen as a group

is not limited to professional or occupational membership
community of interests
vsfellowship
3.3

A situation where people or groups share the same goals

is a formed group rather than just a situation of shared aims

Antonyms

138 4.2

A strong disagreement that separates people in a group

disassociation
  • Specialized
3 8.4

A mental state where part of a person's memory or feelings feels separate

Compounds

Religious people meet to pray, sing, and spend time together

How Organized

society
84 3.0
association
188 2.8
fellowship
40 3.9
to club
1 3.0
to group
38 1.2
gathering
203 1.0

Surface Forms

fellowship singular
fellowships plural

Morphology

fellowship = fellow (transparent) = fellow + ship

The meaning is directly derived from 'fellow' + the productive suffix '-ship' indicating a collective or state (association of fellows).

Etymology

Fellowship comes from fellow ('a companion or partner') plus the ending -ship ('the state of' or 'a group'), so it originally meant a group of people who share something together; that's why it now means an association of people with the same interests.