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