The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word FELLOWSHIP
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What does FELLOWSHIP mean?
FELLOWSHIP noun- A company of people that share the same interest or aim.
- Company, companions; a group of people or things following another.
- A feeling of friendship, relatedness or connection between people.
- A merit-based scholarship.
- A temporary position at an academic institution with limited teaching duties and ample time for research; this may also be called a postdoc.
- 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.
- The proportional division of profit and loss among partners.
- 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.
- To join in fellowship; to associate with.