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Definition of Companionship

1. Noun. The state of being with someone. "He enjoyed the society of his friends"

Definition of Companionship

1. n. Fellowship; association; the act or fact of keeping company with any one.

Definition of Companionship

1. Noun. The state of having or being a companion. ¹

2. Noun. An association, a fellowship. ¹

3. Noun. The state of being a journeyman. ¹

4. Noun. An organized group of people. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Companionship

1. [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Companionship

Literary usage of Companionship

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Confessions of S. Augustine: Book I-X. by Augustine (1886)
"That in the theft, it was the companionship of his fellow-sinners that he liked. ... I loved then in it also the companionship of the accomplices, ..."

2. Cyclopedia of American Literature: Embracing Personal and Critical Notices by Evert Augustus Duyckinck, George Long Duyckinck (1856)
"The same principles which cause the influences thus salutary to authorship, will carry it into reading and study, so that by virtue of this companionship ..."

3. A concise Anglo-Saxon dictionary for the use of students by John R. Clark Hall (1916)
"+) f. companionship ... Д5,АО,СР : friendship : society, society, fellowship, companionship, .... companionship ..."

4. The Iliad of Homer by Homer, John Graham Cordery (1871)
"... but to Troy And Hector gave companionship of fame. Therefore, on signs reliant and the strength Of their own arms, they strove to breach the wall, ..."

5. Hymns of Ter Steegen, Suso, and Others by Frances A. Bevan, Heinrich Seuse, Gerhard Tersteegen (1904)
"companionship JOHN xi. 35. FM WE thank Thee, Lord, for weary days When desert springs were dry, And first we knew what depth of need Thy love could satisfy. ..."

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