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to fellowship

to fellowship

1 4.7
To spend time with others in a friendly way, often for social or religious reasons
  • verb
  • /ˈfɛloʊʃɪp/
translation icon : reunirse
  • I will keep you in my prayers for the Lord to lead you to a new body of believers to fellowship with.

Examples

  • We cannot try to shut down those who disagree with our theologies as long as they fellowship with us in good faith and good will.

    Blog text (3)

  • Here's praying life settles down to normal and we'll be able to fellowship more in the process.

    Blog text (7)

  • Christians fellowship together and do ministry work more than anything else.

    Blog text (1)

  • A strange, by IFB standards, group I love to worship and fellowship with.

    Blog text (31)

  • Pi's focus is to broadcast that foundation to the campus through events and to give students the chance to come out and fellowship with one another.

    Blog text (23)

  • I am happy to be with you here today, to share the word of the Gospel with you, to praise Jesus with you, and to fellowship with you in the name of all that is holy—

    Fiction book (2000)

  • It's important for us to fellowship with one another during community gatherings.

  • The purpose of our meeting is to fellowship and strengthen our bonds of friendship.

  • They organized a retreat to fellowship and share their experiences with each other.

Synonyms

to fraternize
vsto fellowship
20 7.7

To be friendly and spend time with people you should avoid, for example enemies

is the socially accepted spending of time together rather than forbidden contact
to commune
vsto fellowship
9 7.8

To feel a close, quiet connection with nature or another person

is about spending time socially or for religious gatherings rather than deep spiritual union

Compounds

worship and fellowship
1 3.7

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

How Friendly

to bond
149 2.9
to fraternize
20 7.7
to socialize
  • US
68 2.8
to fellowship
1 4.7
to associate
222 3.3
to meet
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

fellowship infinitive
fellowshipped past
fellowshipped past participle
fellowshipping present participle
fellowships third person singular

Morphology

fellowship = fellowship (semi-transparent) = fellow + ship

The verb is a conversion from the noun 'fellowship' with a closely related meaning, but the social and religious register is somewhat specialized.

Etymology

Fellowship used as a verb comes from the noun fellowship and fellow ('to be with companions'), so to 'fellowship' someone is to spend time together in a friendly, social way.