The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.
brotherhood, fraternity, sodality
(noun) people engaged in a particular occupation; “the medical fraternity”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
sodality (plural sodalities)
A fraternity, a society or association.
Companionship.
(Christianity) Spiritual communion with a divine being, a fellowship
• stylodia
Source: Wiktionary
So*dal"i*ty, n.; pl. Sodalities. Etym: [L. sodalitas, fr. sodalis a comrade.]
1. A fellowship or fraternity; a brotherhood.
2. (R.C.Ch.)
Definition: Specifically, a lay association for devotion or for charitable purposes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 June 2025
(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”
The expression “coffee break” was first attested in 1952 in glossy magazine advertisements by the Pan-American Coffee Bureau.