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Webster 1913 Edition

Noun.

;

pl.

Confraternities

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[LL.

confraternitas

: cf. F.

confraternité

. See

A society or body of men united for some purpose, or in some profession; a brotherhood.

These live in one society and

confraternity

Stow.

Noun.

[L., fraternity, brother.] A brotherhood; a society or body of men, united for some purpose or in some profession; as the confraternity of Jesuits.

confraternity ‎(plural confraternities)