Brethren vs. Fraternity — What's the Difference?
Difference Between Brethren and Fraternity
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Brethren
A plural of brother.
Fraternity
A fraternity (from Latin frater: "brother"; whence, "brotherhood") or fraternal organization is an organization, society, club or fraternal order traditionally of men associated together for various religious or secular aims. Fraternity in the Western concept developed in the Christian context, notably with the religious orders in the Catholic Church during the Middle Ages.
Brethren
Brethren Any of various Protestant denominations, especially those arising out of the Anabaptist and Pietist movements in Central Europe between the 15th and 18th centuries.
Fraternity
A body of people associated for a common purpose or interest, such as a guild.
Brethren
(archaic) brother
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Fraternity
A group of people joined by similar backgrounds, occupations, interests, or tastes
The fraternity of bird watchers.
Brethren
(poetic) kinsmen
Fraternity
A social organization at a college or university, traditionally consisting of male students and designated by Greek letters.
Brethren
(figuratively) The body of members, especially of a fraternal, religious or military order.
Fraternity
Roman Catholic Church A sodality.
Brethren
Of or akin to; related; like
Fraternity
The quality or condition of being brothers; brotherliness.
Brethren
(plural) the lay members of a male religious order
Fraternity
The quality of being brothers or brotherly; brotherhood.
Fraternity
A group of people associated for a common purpose.
Fraternity
(US) A social organization of male students at a college or university; usually identified by Greek letters.
Fraternity
The state or quality of being fraternal or brotherly; brotherhood.
Fraternity
A body of men associated for their common interest, business, or pleasure; a company; a brotherhood; a society; in the Roman Catholic Church, an association for special religious purposes, for relieving the sick and destitute, etc.
Fraternity
Men of the same class, profession, occupation, character, or tastes.
With what terms of respect knaves and sots will speak of their own fraternity!
Fraternity
A social club for male college undergraduates. They often have secret initiation rites, and are named by the use of two or three Greek letters. The corresponding association for women students is called a sorority.
Fraternity
A social club for male undergraduates
Fraternity
People engaged in a particular occupation;
The medical fraternity
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