brotherhood
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- IPA /ˈbɹʌðəhʊd/
Noun
brotherhood noun
- The state of being brothers or a brother.
- An association for any purpose, such as a society of monks; a fraternity.
- The whole body of persons engaged in the same business, especially those of the same profession“the legal brotherhood”
- People, or (poetically) things, of the same kind.
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associationbrethrenfellowshipfraternitysodalityuniontrade unionlabor uniontrades unionfraternalbrotherlinessbrotherlykinshipsisterhoodbrothersiblingsororityfrat
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