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Definitions for confraternity
ˌkɒn frəˈtɜr nɪ ticon·fra·ter·ni·ty
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confraternitynoun
A group of people with a common interest.
confraternitynoun
A fraternity or brotherhood.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Confraternitynoun
A brotherhood; a body of men united for some religious purpose.
Etymology: from con and fraternitas, Latin.
We find three days appointed every year to be kept, and a confraternity established for that purpose with the laws of it. Edward Stillingfleet, Defence of the Discourse on Rom. Idol.
Wikipedia
Confraternity
A confraternity (Spanish: cofradía; Portuguese: confraria) is generally a Christian voluntary association of laypeople created for the purpose of promoting special works of Christian charity or piety, and approved by the Church hierarchy. They are most common among Roman Catholics, Anglicans, Lutherans and the Western Orthodox. When a Catholic confraternity has received the authority to aggregate to itself groups erected in other localities, it is called an archconfraternity. Examples include the various confraternities of penitents and the confraternities of the cord, as well as the Confraternity of the Rosary.
Webster Dictionary
Confraternitynoun
a society of body of men united for some purpose, or in some profession; a brotherhood
Etymology: [LL. confraternitas: cf. F. confraternit. See Fraternity.]
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Confraternity
kon-fra-tėr′ni-ti, n. a brotherhood: clan: brotherly friendship.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of confraternity in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of confraternity in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
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