brotherhood

  • 101Brotherhood of Death — Skull and Bones Pour les articles homonymes, voir Skull Bones et tête de mort. Emblème de la société Skull and Bones. Il montre le nombre 322 surmonté d un …

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  • 102Brotherhood of St. Andrew —    The name of an organization of men in the Church, the object of which is the spread of Christ s Kingdom among men. The members have two rules for their guidance (1) The Rule of Prayer; to pray daily that the object of the Society may be… …

    American Church Dictionary and Cyclopedia

  • 103brotherhood — noun Etymology: Middle English brotherhede, brotherhod, alteration of brotherrede, from Old English brōthorrǣden, from brōthor + rǣden condition more at kindred Date: 14th century 1. the quality or state of being brothers 2. fellowship, allianc …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 104brotherhood — /brudh euhr hood /, n. 1. the condition or quality of being a brother or brothers. 2. the quality of being brotherly; fellowship. 3. a fraternal or trade organization. 4. all those engaged in a particular trade or profession or sharing a common… …

    Universalium

  • 105Brotherhood — This unusual and interesting name, recorded in English church registers under the variant spellings Brotherhed, Brotherheed, Brotherhead, Bretherhod etc., from the mid 16th Century, has two distinct possible origins. Firstly, it may have… …

    Surnames reference

  • 106brotherhood — Synonyms and related words: affectionateness, affiliation, agnation, alliance, ancestry, association, benignancy, benignity, blood, blood relationship, boon companionship, brotherliness, brothership, camaraderie, chumship, circle, clique, club,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 107brotherhood — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. kinship, family; association, fraternity, fellowship. See party, friend, sociality. II (Roget s IV) n. 1. [The quality or state of being brothers] Syn. fellowship, consanguinity, fraternity, equality …

    English dictionary for students

  • 108brotherhood — broth·er·hood || brʌðəhÊŠd n. fraternity, quality of being brothers …

    English contemporary dictionary

  • 109brotherhood — noun 1》 the relationship between brothers.     ↘a feeling of kinship and closeness. 2》 an association or community of people with a common interest, religion, or trade.     ↘N. Amer. a trade union. Origin ME: prob. from obs. brotherred (based on… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 110brotherhood — n. 1. Relation of a brother, body of brethren. 2. Brotherliness, mutual kindness, friendliness, fraternal feeling, brotherly love. 3. Fraternity, association, sodality, society, clique, coterie, clan, junto …

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