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fellowship
fel·low·ship / ˈfelōˌship/ • n. 1. friendly association, esp. with people who share one's interests: they valued fun and good fellowship as the cement of the community. ∎ a group of people meeting to pursue a shared interest or aim. 2. an endowment established or a sum of money awarded to support a scholar or student engaged in advanced research in a particular field: a four-year postdoctoral fellowship. ∎ the status of a fellow of a college or society: she held the Faulkner fellowship. |
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"fellowship." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "fellowship." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-fellowship.html "fellowship." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-fellowship.html |
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Fellowship
Fellowshipa company of equals or friends; a union or association; habitual companions; the crew of a vessel, 1466; members of a corporation or guild; the body of fellows of a college. Examples: fellowship of the apostles; of friends; of holy men, 1541; of prophets, 1549; of vessels [boats], 1827; of yeomen, 1486. |
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"Fellowship." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. 30 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "Fellowship." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Encyclopedia.com. (May 30, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505300643.html "Fellowship." Dictionary of Collective Nouns and Group Terms. 1985. Retrieved May 30, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1G2-2505300643.html |
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