fellowship

Short definition from Wiktionary

Noun

1. 1
   A company of people that share the same interest or aim.
2. 2
   Company, companions; a group of people or things following another.
3. 3
   A feeling of friendship, relatedness or connection between people.
4. 4
   A merit-based scholarship.
5. 5
   A temporary position at an academic institution with limited teaching duties and ample time for research.
6. 6
   A period of supervised, sub-specialty medical training in the United States and Canada that a physician may undertake after completing a specialty training program or residency.
7. 7
   The proportional division of profit and loss among partners.

Verb

1. 1
   To admit to fellowship, enter into fellowship with; to make feel welcome by showing friendship or building a cordial relationship. Now only in religious use.
2. 2
   To join in fellowship; to associate with.