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brethren definition

breth·ren (bret̸h′rən; often, -ərn)

plural noun

brothers: now chiefly in religious use

Etymology: ME bretheren, pl.: see brother

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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