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confraternity

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con·fra·ter·ni·ty  (knfr-tûrn-t)
n. pl. con·fra·ter·ni·ties
An association of persons united in a common purpose or profession.
[Middle English confraternite, from Old French, from Medieval Latin cnfrternits, from cnfrter, colleague; see confrere.]
confraternity [ˌkɒnfrəˈtɜːnɪtɪ]
n pl -ties
a group of men united for some particular purpose, esp Christian laymen organized for religious or charitable service; brotherhood
[from Medieval Latin confrāternitās; see confrère, fraternity]
confraternal  adj
confraternity
a brotherhood, especially a group of men bound by a common goal or interest.
See also: Society
Confraternity an association of men united together for some profession or object. See also brotherhood, clan, fraternity.
Examples: confraternity of aldermen, 1654; of chimney sweeps, 1688; of men-milliners [‘dandies’], 1885; of monks and friars, 1688; of potters, 1601; of traitors, 1872.


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The "voyageurs" form a kind of confraternity in the Canadas, like the arrieros, or carriers of Spain, and, like them, are employed in long internal expeditions of travel and traffic: with this difference, that the arrieros travel by land, the voyageurs by water; the former with mules and horses, the latter with batteaux and canoes.
Astoria or Anecdotes of an enterprise beyond the Rocky Mountains by Irving, Washington View in context
The Prior sat down, and at great leisure indited an epistle to Brian de Bois-Guilbert, and having carefully sealed up the tablets, delivered them to the Jew, saying, ``This will be thy safe-conduct to the Preceptory of Templestowe, and, as I think, is most likely to accomplish the delivery of thy daughter, if it be well backed with proffers of advantage and commodity at thine own hand; for, trust me well, the good Knight Bois-Guilbert is of their confraternity that do nought for nought.
Ivanhoe by Scott, Walter View in context
Whereupon, as if released on either side from some kind of vague fear, our confidences came thick and fast, when we found that we were in the same confraternity of love.
The Message by de Balzac, Honore View in context
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