Scholarship

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. Any other house of scholarship. - Milton.
	3.	Maintenance for a scholar; a foundation for the support of a student.

Noun	1.	scholarship - financial aid provided to a student on the basis of academic merit
	2.	scholarship - profound scholarly knowledge Synonyms: encyclopaedism, encyclopedism, eruditeness, erudition, learnedness, learning

aid, alimony, allotment, allowance, annuity, assistance, award, bibliolatry, bibliomania, bluestockingism, book learning, book madness, bookiness, bookishness, booklore, bounty, bursary, classical scholarship, classicism, culture, depletion allowance, diligence, dole, donnishness, education, endowment, eruditeness, exhibition, fellowship, financial assistance, grant, grant-in-aid, guaranteed annual income, help, humanism, humanistic scholarship, intellectualism, intellectuality, know-how, knowledge, learnedness, letters, literacy, lore, old-age insurance, pecuniary aid, pedantism, pedantry, pension, preparation, price support, public assistance, public welfare, reading, relief, retirement benefits, scholarliness, schooling, stipend, studiousness, subsidization, subsidy, subvention, support, tax benefit, training, welfare, welfare aid, welfare payments