SCHOLARSHIP
eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, learning, scholarship, encyclopedism, encyclopaedism
(noun) profound scholarly knowledge
scholarship
(noun) financial aid provided to a student on the basis of academic merit
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
scholarship (countable and uncountable, plural scholarships)
A grant-in-aid to a student.
The character or qualities of a scholar.
The activity, methods or attainments of a scholar.
(uncountable) The sum of knowledge accrued by scholars; the realm of refined learning.
(Australia, dated) The first year of high school, often accompanied by exams that needed to be passed before advancement to the higher grades.
Synonyms
• (money to assist a student to study): allowance, grant, stipend, subsidy, bursary
• (character of a scholar)
• (activity of a scholar): scholarly method
• (knowledge accrued by the activity of scholars)
Verb
scholarship (third-person singular simple present scholarships, present participle scholarshipping or scholarshiping, simple past and past participle scholarshipped or scholarshiped)
(intransitive) To attend an institution on a scholarship.
(transitive) To grant a scholarship to.
Source: Wiktionary
Schol"ar*ship, n.
1. The character and qualities of a scholar; attainments in science
or literature; erudition; learning.
A man of my master's . . . great scholarship. Pope.
2. Literary education. [R.]
Any other house of scholarship. Milton.
3. Maintenance for a scholar; a foundation for the support of a
student. T. Warton.
Syn.
– Learning; erudition; knowledge.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition