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. [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.
Shades of meaning
Fernald has no entry of its own for scholarship; he lists it under knowledge.
He lists it without comment; the entries above explain its neighbors.