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fra·ter·nity (frə tʉr′nə tē)

noun pl. fraternities -·ties

  1. the state or quality of being brothers; fraternal relationship or spirit; brotherliness
  2. a group of men (or, sometimes, men and women) joined together by common interests, for fellowship, etc.; specif., a Greek-letter college organization
  3. a group of people with the same beliefs, interests, work, etc. the medical fraternity

Etymology: ME fraternite < OFr fraternité < L fraternitas < fraternus: see fraternal

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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