sodality

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.

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

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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]

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sodality

a fellowship, brotherhood, or other association of a benevolent nature, especially in the Roman Catholic Church. — sodalist, n., adj.

See also: Catholicism

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a fellowship, brotherhood, or other association of a benevolent nature, especially in the Roman Catholic Church. — sodalist, n., adj.

See also: Society

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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.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

sodality - people engaged in a particular occupation; "the medical fraternity" brotherhood, 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] N → hermandad f, cofradía f