scholarship English · revision 7412

+ {{infobox|confidence=established|formation=derivation|attested=c. 1536}}

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: /ˈskɒləʃɪp/ ''(UK)''; /ˈskɑːləɹʃɪp/ ''(US)''^(Wiktionary)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed from [[scholar]] and [[-ship]].^(Etymonline)^(MWU 2024)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ The status or emoluments of a scholar supported by a foundation: 1535–36 in the OED, the 1530s in Etymonline.^(OED 1989)^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ Learning, erudition, the attainments of a scholar is from the 1580s (1589).^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) Literary education is an obsolete sense of 1644, given by Johnson.^(OED 1989) Funds for the support of a student follow from the first sense.^(Etymonline)^(AHD) In Britain ''the scholarship'' was loosely used of the eleven-plus examination (1959).^(OED 1989) Etymonline notes similar nouns: scholardom (1853), scholarhood (1837) and the obsolete scholarity (1590s).^(Etymonline)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1535 – a scholar's status and allowance.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1589 – learning.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1644 – literary education (obsolete).^(OED 1989)

+ * 1959 – the eleven-plus.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Noun===

+ # A grant of money to support a student's education, awarded on merit.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

+ # Academic study or achievement; [[learning]] of a high level.^(AHD)^(Collins 2023)

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[school]]

+ * [[scholar]]

+ * [[scholarly]]

+ * [[scholastic]]

+ * [[scholasticism]]

+ * [[scholasticate]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}