[fel.low.ship] n (bef. 12c) 1: companionship, company
2. a: community of interest, activity, feeling, or experience b: the state of being a fellow or associate
3: a company of equals or friends: association
4: the quality or state of being comradely
5. obs: membership, partnership
6. a: the position of a fellow (as of a university) b: the stipend of a fellow c: a foundation for the providing of such a stipend
[2]fellowship vb -shipped also -shiped ; -ship.ping also -ship.ing vi (14c): to join in fellowship esp. with a church member ~ vt: to admit to fellowship (as in a church)