fellowship

«fellowship» in Mova's school dictionary: A friendly feeling of sharing and belonging among people… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

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 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

• 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

• Shall the seat of wickedness have fellowship with Thee, which frameth mischief by statute?

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «fellowship» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.