Definition of "fraternal" []

• Of or relating to brothers: a close fraternal tie. (adjective)
• Showing comradeship; brotherly. (adjective)
• Of or constituting a fraternity: a fraternal association. (adjective)
• Biology Of, relating to, or being a twin developed from two separately fertilized ova; dizygotic. (adjective)

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• "The crux of that concept was, Churchill said, what he called the fraternal association of the English-speaking peoples."
• "I gave birth vaginally to full-term fraternal twins weighing seven pounds, two ounces and seven pounds, eight."
• "His grandfather Peter was active in Polish fraternal organizations and made a name in Democratic politics, serving as a delegate to the 1912 party convention in Baltimore."