the state or relation of being or associate.-companionship of persons on equal and friendly terms; frequent and familiar intercourse.-a state of being together; companionship; partnership; association; hence, confederation; joint interest.-those associated with one, as in a family, or a society; a company.-a foundation for the maintenance, on certain conditions, of a scholar called a fellow, who usually resides at the university.-the rule for dividing profit and loss among partners; -- called also partnership, company, and distributive proportion.-to acknowledge as of good standing, or in communion according to standards of faith and practice; to admit to christian fellowship.