English Explanatory Dictionary

confraternity

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A group with a common interest.
  2. A religious fraternity or brotherhood.
  3. Brotherly friendship.

Word forms

confraternity confraternities

Etymology

From Middle French confraternité.

Derived words

archconfraternity confraternal
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