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brotherhood

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  • IPA /ˈbɹʌðəhʊd/

Noun

brotherhood noun

  1. The state of being brothers or a brother.
  2. An association for any purpose, such as a society of monks; a fraternity.
  3. The whole body of persons engaged in the same business, especially those of the same profession“the legal brotherhood”
  4. People, or (poetically) things, of the same kind.

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associationbrethrenfellowshipfraternitysodalityuniontrade unionlabor uniontrades unionfraternalbrotherhood

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