FELLOWSHIP

I. noun Date: before 12th century companionship , company , 2. community of interest, activity, feeling, or experience, the state of being a fellow or associate, a company of equals or friends ; association , the quality or state of being comradely, membership , partnership , 6. the position of a fellow (as of a university), the stipend of a fellow, a foundation for the providing of such a stipend, II. verb (-shipped; also ~ed; -shipping; also ~ing) Date: 14th century intransitive verb to join in ~ especially with a church member, transitive verb to admit to ~ (as in a church)