About The Word Fraternity

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Fraternity

Fraternity Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Fraternity?
[n] people engaged in a particular occupation; "the medical fraternity"
[n] a social club for male undergraduates Synonyms | Synonyms for Fraternity: brotherhood | frat | sodality Related Terms | Find terms related to Fraternity: affiliation | agnation | alignment | alliance | amalgamation | ancestry | association | blood | blood relationship | boon companionship | brotherhood | brotherliness | brothership | cahoots | camaraderie | chumship | circle | clan | clannishness | clique | closeness | club | coadunation | coalescence | coalition | cognation | colleagueship | collegialism | collegiality | combination | common ancestry | common descent | community | community of interest | companionship | company | comradeship | confederacy | confederation | confraternity | confrerie | connection | consanguinity | consociation | consolidation | consortship | cooperation | copartnership | copartnery | coterie | country club | cousinhood | cousinship | crowd | enation | esprit de corps | fatherhood | federation | fellowship | filiation | fraternal order | fraternalism | fraternization | freemasonry | friendship | fusion | guild | hookup | inclusion | incorporation | integration | kindred | kinship | league | maternity | matrilineage | matriliny | matrisib | matrocliny | membership | merger | motherhood | order | partaking | participation | partnership | paternity | patrilineage | patriliny | patrisib | patrocliny | propinquity | relatedness | relation | relationship | secret society | set | sharing | sibship | sisterhood | sisterliness | sistership | society | sodality | solidarity | sorority | tie-in | ties of blood | tie-up | unification | union | unity See Also | brother | chapter | class | club | gild | guild | lodge | order | social class | society | socio-economic class | sodalist Fraternity In Webster's Dictionary \Fra*ter"ni*ty\, n.; pl. {Fraternities}. [F.
fraternit['e], L. fraternitas.]
1. The state or quality of being fraternal or brotherly;
brotherhood.
2. A body of men associated for their common interest,
business, or pleasure; a company; a brotherhood; a
society; in the Roman Catholic Chucrch, an association for
special religious purposes, for relieving the sick and
destitute, etc.
3. Men of the same class, profession, occupation, character,
or tastes.
With what terms of respect knaves and sots will
speak of their own fraternity! --South.
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