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fraternity
[ fruh-tur-ni-tee ]
noun
- a local or national organization of male students, primarily for social purposes, usually with secret initiation and rites and a name composed of two or three Greek letters.
- a group of persons associated by or as if by ties of brotherhood.
- any group or class of persons having common purposes, interests, etc.:
the medical fraternity.
- an organization of laymen for religious or charitable purposes; sodality.
- the quality of being brotherly; brotherhood:
liberty, equality, and fraternity.
- the relation of a brother or between brothers.
fraternity
/ ڰəˈɜːɪɪ /
noun
- a body of people united in interests, aims, etc Gender-neutral formcommunity
the teaching fraternity
- brotherhood
- a secret society joined by male students, usually functioning as a social club
Other Word Forms
- t·ڰ·ٱn·ٲ adjective
- ԴDzЭ·ٱn·ٲ noun plural nonfraternities
Word History and Origins
Origin of fraternity1
Example Sentences
In 2017, the pontiff said his church enjoyed a relationship of "true fraternity" with the Church of Scotland.
This scene may be a memory recreated for the big screen, and its inclusion in the film is ostensibly to give the viewer a sense of their war-torn fraternity.
It was like, “Is this a fraternity? Who does this?”
Fury caught everyone off guard when he announced his retirement last month, but there seem to be very few among the boxing fraternity that believe him.
They seemed to belong to the Jewish fraternity of some university.
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