fellowship
part of speech
noun (fellowship, fellowships)
meaning for a pupil
1) A friendly feeling of sharing and belonging among people with the same interests. tree →
2) A group or club of people who share an aim or belief. tree →
3) (church) Christians meeting together, sharing faith, prayer and friendship. tree →
4) A special job or paid place for a researcher at a university. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: Here it means a partnership or sharing together. Interpretation: The psalm asks whether a corrupt throne could be joined with God, and the tradition answers no. In the primary lessons: In church life «fellowship» means believers spending time together, often with tea after the service. In stories it shows a team bound by friendship, as in «The Fellowship of the Ring». Phrases: Christian fellowship, fellowship meal, sense of fellowship, research fellowship.
examples
- Shall the seat of wickedness have fellowship with Thee, which frameth mischief by statute? (Writings PSA.94.20, JPS 1917) tree →
- After the service there is tea and fellowship in the church hall. tree →
- The fellowship of the campers made the trip special. tree →
- Christians believe fellowship with others helps their faith grow. tree →
- The nine heroes formed a fellowship to destroy the ring. tree →
- She won a fellowship to study at a university. tree →
- Our youth fellowship meets on Friday evenings. tree →
- But the youngsters said they would rather make a speech and drink to their good fellowship; they had no wish to marry. tree →
note
From «fellow» + «-ship». Can be countable (a fellowship = a group, a university post) or uncountable (the feeling). Similar: friendship, companionship.
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «fellowship» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.