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sodality
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so·dal·i·ty  (s-dl-t)
n. pl. so·dal·i·ties
1. A society or an association, especially a devotional or charitable society for the laity in the Roman Catholic Church.
2. Fellowship.

[French sodalité, from Old French, from Latin sodlits, fellowship, from sodlis, companion; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots.]

sodality [səʊˈdælɪtɪ]
n pl -ties
1. (Christianity / Roman Catholic Church) RC Church a religious or charitable society
2. fraternity; fellowship
[from Latin sodālitās fellowship, from sodālis a comrade]

sodality
a fellowship, brotherhood, or other association of a benevolent nature, especially in the Roman Catholic Church. — sodalist, n., adj.
See also: Catholicism
a fellowship, brotherhood, or other association of a benevolent nature, especially in the Roman Catholic Church. — sodalist, n., adj.
See also: Society
Sodality a fellowship or fraternity.
Examples: military sodality of musketeers, crossbowmen, archers, swordsmen in every town, 1855; the sodality of the Chaplet of Our Lady, 1628; the sodality with the Jesuits to overthrow our country, 1600; the seraphick sodality (seraphim collectively), 1737.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.sodality - people engaged in a particular occupation; "the medical fraternity"
social class, socio-economic class, stratum, class - people having the same social, economic, or educational status; "the working class"; "an emerging professional class"
brother - a male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion or other group); "none of his brothers would betray him"
sodalist - a member of a sodality
Translations
sodality [səʊˈdælɪtɪ] Nhermandad f, cofradía f


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Black lay sodalities functioned as a very special type of voluntary association for enslaved women and men of African descent in Brazil during the slavery regime.
 
 
 
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