• (n.) Maintenance for a scholar; a foundation for the support of a student. • (n.) The character and qualities of a scholar; attainments in science or literature; erudition; learning. • (n.) Literary education. Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning/scholarship/
(from the article `football, gridiron`) College football`s other post-World War II crisis, regarding professionalism, reached a flash point in the late 1940s and early 1950s over athletic ... Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/s/44
Schol'ar·ship noun 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 .... Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/30