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fraternity

[fruh-tur-ni-tee]

noun

plural

fraternities 
  1. 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.

  2. a group of persons associated by or as if by ties of brotherhood.

  3. any group or class of persons having common purposes, interests, etc..

    the medical fraternity.

  4. an organization of laymen for religious or charitable purposes; sodality.

  5. the quality of being brotherly; brotherhood.

    liberty, equality, and fraternity.

  6. the relation of a brother or between brothers.



fraternity

/ ڰəˈɜːɪɪ /

noun

  1. Gender-neutral form: community.a body of people united in interests, aims, etc

    the teaching fraternity

  2. brotherhood

  3. a secret society joined by male students, usually functioning as a social club

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • interfraternity adjective
  • nonfraternity noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of fraternity1

1300–50; Middle English fraternite < Latin ڰٱԾ. See fraternal, -ity
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"With respect for sensitivities, doubts and hopes, the path of fraternity that I hoped for is gradually opening up", he wrote on X.

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The Sigma Pi fraternity said in a statement that Daniel was “the heart of the fraternity” and “brightened every room with his brilliant smile.”

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Perhaps we just have to hope that Millhiser's observation that the conservative legal fraternity isn't happy about Trump and company treading on their turf will get us out of this mess.

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"There will be some in the coaching fraternity in Brazil who want him to fail, but the people who are least affected are the players."

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A UC Berkeley student just weeks away from graduating became paralyzed from the waist down after a recent fall at a university fraternity event.

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