Fraternity

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  • noun. A body of people associated for a common purpose or interest, such as a guild.
  • noun. A group of people joined by similar backgrounds, occupations, interests, or tastes.
  • noun. A social organization at a college or university, traditionally consisting of male students and designated by Greek letters.
  • noun. A sodality.
  • noun. The quality or condition of being brothers; brotherliness.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. The relationship of a brother; the condition of being a brother or of being brothers; brotherhood.
  • noun. Hence That mutual interest and affection which is characteristic of the fraternal relation; brotherly regard and sympathy for others, regardless of relationship by blood; brotherhood in general.
  • noun. A body of men associated by some natural tie, as of common interest or character, of common business or profession, or by some formal tie, as of organization for religious or social purposes; a company; a brotherhood; a society: as, a fraternity of monks; a college fraternity.
  • noun. Specifically, in the Roman Catholic Church, an organization of laymen for pious or charitable purposes, as the special worship of Christ, the honor of the Virgin Mary or of particular saints, the care of the distressed, sick, or dead, etc. Also called confraternity, gild, or sodality.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. The state or quality of being fraternal or brotherly; brotherhood.
  • noun. A body of men associated for their common interest, business, or pleasure; a company; a brotherhood; a society; in the Roman Catholic Church, an association for special religious purposes, for relieving the sick and destitute, etc.
  • noun. Men of the same class, profession, occupation, character, or tastes.
  • noun. A social club for male college undergraduates. They often have secret initiation rites, and are named by the use of two or three Greek letters. The corresponding association for women students is called a sorority.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • noun. The quality of being brothers; brotherhood
  • noun. A group of people associated for a common purpose.
  • noun. A social organization of male students at a college or university; usually identified by Greek letters.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. a social club for male undergraduates
  • noun. people engaged in a particular occupation
  • Word Usage
    "Also, on the larger level the larger our fraternity is the more power we will have against the anti-hunters."