Definition of "fraternity" []

• A body of people associated for a common purpose or interest, such as a guild. (noun)
• A group of people joined by similar backgrounds, occupations, interests, or tastes: the fraternity of bird watchers. (noun)
• A chiefly social organization of men students at a college or university, usually designated by Greek letters. (noun)
• Roman Catholic Church A sodality. (noun)
• The quality or condition of being brothers; brotherliness. (noun)

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• "Also, on the larger level the larger our fraternity is the more power we will have against the anti-hunters."
• "In the “treasure trove of words” supplied by the French Revolution, writes the historian Mona Ozouf, “the relative absence of the word fraternity” is “striking.”"
• "To call for liberty, equality or fraternity is a rallying call to arms."