| brotherhood | 1. The state of being brothers or a brother. 2. An association for any purpose, as a society of monks; a fraternity. 3. The whole body of persons engaged in the same business, especially those of the same profession; as, the legal or medical brotherhood. 4. Persons, and, poetically, things, of a like kind. "A brotherhood of venerable trees." (Wordsworth) Synonym: Fraternity, association, fellowship, sodality. Origin: Brother + -hood. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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