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Another word for fellowship

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Noun

  1. A pleasant association among people

      1. The totality of people regarded as forming a community of interdependent individuals:
      2. A group of people broadly distinguished from other groups by mutual interests, participation in characteristic relationships, shared institutions, and a common culture:
      3. An organization or association of persons engaged in a common profession, activity, or interest:
      1. A group of persons:
      2. One's companions or associates:
      3. A guest or guests:
      1. The relationship of companions; fellowship.
    See also:

    group

    connect

  2. A group of people united in a relationship and having some interest, activity, or purpose in common

      1. The act of uniting or the state of being united.
      2. A combination so formed, especially an alliance or confederation of people, parties, or political entities for mutual interest or benefit.
      3. A set, every member of which is an element of one or another of two or more given sets.
      1. A chiefly social organization of women students at a college or university, usually designated by Greek letters.
      2. An association or a society of women.
      1. The totality of people regarded as forming a community of interdependent individuals:
      2. A group of people broadly distinguished from other groups by mutual interests, participation in characteristic relationships, shared institutions, and a common culture:
      3. An organization or association of persons engaged in a common profession, activity, or interest:
      1. The act or process of organizing:
      2. The state or manner of being organized:
      3. A manner of accomplishing something in an orderly or efficient way:
      1. A condition of logical or comprehensible arrangement among the separate elements of a group.
      2. A condition of methodical or prescribed arrangement among component parts such that proper functioning or appearance is achieved:
      3. Condition or state in general:
      1. An association of states, organizations, or individuals for common action; an alliance.
      2. An association of teams or clubs that compete chiefly among themselves.
      3. A class or level of competition:
      1. An association of persons of the same trade or pursuits, formed to protect mutual interests and maintain standards.
      2. A similar association, as of merchants or artisans, in medieval times.
      3. A group of species in a community that use similar environmental resources in a similar way, such as a group of songbirds that all glean insects from leaves.
      1. A body of people associated for a common purpose or interest, such as a guild.
      2. A group of people joined by similar backgrounds, occupations, interests, or tastes:
      3. A social organization at a college or university, traditionally consisting of male students and designated by Greek letters.
      1. The act of federating, especially a joining together of states into a league or federal union.
      2. A league or association formed by federating, especially a government or political body established through federal union.
      1. A formal assembly of representatives, as of various nations, to discuss problems.
      2. The national legislative body of a nation, especially a republic.
      3. The national legislative body of the United States, consisting of the Senate and the House of Representatives.
      1. The act of forming into or becoming part of a confederacy.
      2. The state of being confederated.
      3. A group of confederates, especially of states or nations, united for a common purpose; a league.
      1. A stout heavy stick, usually thicker at one end, suitable for use as a weapon; a cudgel.
      2. An implement used in some games to drive a ball, especially a stick with a protruding head used in golf.
      3. Something resembling a club.
      1. The act of associating or the state of being associated.
      2. An organized body of people who have an interest, activity, or purpose in common; a society.
      3. A mental connection or relation between thoughts, feelings, ideas, or sensations.
    See also:

    group

  3. The condition of being friends

    See also:

    love

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Another word for fellowship

Noun

  1. Congenial social feeling

    Antonyms:

  2. Congenial social activity

    Antonyms:

  3. An association of people

      1. An association of states, organizations, or individuals for common action; an alliance.
      2. An association of teams or clubs that compete chiefly among themselves.
      3. A class or level of competition:
      1. A close association of nations or other groups, formed to advance common interests or causes:
      2. A formal agreement establishing such an association, especially an international treaty of friendship.
      3. A connection based on kinship, marriage, or common interest; a bond or tie:
      1. A stout heavy stick, usually thicker at one end, suitable for use as a weapon; a cudgel.
      2. An implement used in some games to drive a ball, especially a stick with a protruding head used in golf.
      3. Something resembling a club.
      1. The totality of people regarded as forming a community of interdependent individuals:
      2. A group of people broadly distinguished from other groups by mutual interests, participation in characteristic relationships, shared institutions, and a common culture:
      3. An organization or association of persons engaged in a common profession, activity, or interest:
    See also:

    organization

  4. Subsistence payment to encourage study

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Sentence Examples

  • In 1838 he gained a fellowship, and graduated with first-class honours in 1839.

  • He gained a fellowship at New College in 1657, and proceeded B.A.

  • This fellowship with the glorified Christ rather than a less spiritual trust in his death and atonement is with him the essential thing.

  • In October 1818 he was elected to a fellowship, and went for a year's travel on the Continent.

  • After his wife's death in 1871 he left Marlborough and went to Oxford as a modern history tutor and lecturer at University, Balliol and New Colleges and in 1874 was elected to a fellowship at University and in 1878 to an honorary fellowship at Balliol.

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