English Explanatory Dictionary

adelphopoiesis

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Fraternisation between men.
  2. A ceremony where males are unionised with one another.

Word forms

adelphopoiesis adelphopϑsis

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀδελφοποίησις (adelphopoíēsis), from ἀδελφός (adelphós, “brother”) + ποίησις (poíēsis, “creation”). By surface analysis, adelpho- + -poiesis.

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