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FRATERNITY
brotherhood, fraternity, sodality
(noun) people engaged in a particular occupation; “the medical fraternity”
fraternity, frat
(noun) a social club for male undergraduates
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
fraternity (countable and uncountable, plural fraternities)
The quality of being brothers or brotherly; brotherhood.
A group of people associated for a common purpose.
(US) A social organization of male students at a college or university; usually identified by Greek letters.
Synonyms
• brotherhood
Antonyms
• disfavor
Source: Wiktionary
Fra*ter"ni*ty, n.; pl. Fraternities. Etym: [F. fraternité, 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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