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What (who) is fraternity - definition
fraternity
![[[Kraków]]'s Kur Fraternity during the inauguration of [[Józef Piłsudski]] Monument in Kraków.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Kur Fraternity, Krakow.jpg?width=200 "[[Kraków]]'s Kur Fraternity during the inauguration of [[Józef Piłsudski]] Monument in Kraków.")
![The [[German Student Corps]] are known for practicing their tradition of engaging in [[academic fencing]] by rules dating back to the 1750s.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Mühlberg - Säbelmensur.jpg?width=200 "The [[German Student Corps]] are known for practicing their tradition of engaging in [[academic fencing]] by rules dating back to the 1750s.")
![The Syndics of the Drapers' Guild]]'' by [[Rembrandt]], 1662.](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Rembrandt - De Staalmeesters- het college van staalmeesters (waardijns) van het Amsterdamse lakenbereidersgilde - Google Art Project.jpg?width=200 "The Syndics of the Drapers' Guild]]'' by [[Rembrandt]], 1662.")
![[[Square and Compasses]] of [[Freemasonry]].](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Square compasses.svg?width=200 "[[Square and Compasses]] of [[Freemasonry]].")
ORGANIZATION, SOCIETY, OR CLUB OF PEOPLE ASSOCIATED TOGETHER FOR VARIOUS RELIGIOUS OR SECULAR AIMS
Fraternal organization; College fraternity; Fraternities; Frat; Fraternal organisation; Geek fraternities; Fraternal and service organisations; Local fraternity; Frat guy; Frats; Frat brother; Fraternity brother; Fratboy; Frat boys; Fratboys; Fraternal society; College fraternities; Fraternal and service organizations; Fraternal Society; Fraternal lodge; Fraternal hall; Fraternal service organization; Fraternal and service organization
[fr?'t?:n?ti]
¦ noun (plural fraternities)
1. [treated as sing. or plural] a group of people sharing a common profession or interests.
N. Amer. a male students' society in a university or college.
a religious or Masonic society or guild.
2. friendship and mutual support within a group.
Origin
ME: from OFr. fraternite, from L. fraternitas, from fraternus (see fraternal).
fraternity
ORGANIZATION, SOCIETY, OR CLUB OF PEOPLE ASSOCIATED TOGETHER FOR VARIOUS RELIGIOUS OR SECULAR AIMS
Fraternal organization; College fraternity; Fraternities; Frat; Fraternal organisation; Geek fraternities; Fraternal and service organisations; Local fraternity; Frat guy; Frats; Frat brother; Fraternity brother; Fratboy; Frat boys; Fratboys; Fraternal society; College fraternities; Fraternal and service organizations; Fraternal Society; Fraternal lodge; Fraternal hall; Fraternal service organization; Fraternal and service organization
n. (US)
1) to pledge a fraternity ('to agree to join a fraternity')
2) a college fraternity (see also sorority)
fraternity
ORGANIZATION, SOCIETY, OR CLUB OF PEOPLE ASSOCIATED TOGETHER FOR VARIOUS RELIGIOUS OR SECULAR AIMS
Fraternal organization; College fraternity; Fraternities; Frat; Fraternal organisation; Geek fraternities; Fraternal and service organisations; Local fraternity; Frat guy; Frats; Frat brother; Fraternity brother; Fratboy; Frat boys; Fratboys; Fraternal society; College fraternities; Fraternal and service organizations; Fraternal Society; Fraternal lodge; Fraternal hall; Fraternal service organization; Fraternal and service organization
(fraternities)
1.
Fraternity refers to friendship and support between people who feel they are closely linked to each other. (FORMAL)
Bob needs the fraternity of others who share his mission.
N-UNCOUNT
2.
You can refer to people who have the same profession or the same interests as a particular fraternity.
...the spread of stolen guns among the criminal fraternity.
...the sailing fraternity.
= set
N-COUNT: usu supp N
3.
In the United States, a fraternity is a society of male university or college students.
N-COUNT
Wikipedia
Fraternity
A fraternity (from Latin ["brother]"; whence, "[or fraternal organization is an [[organization], [[society, club or fraternal order traditionally of men associated together for various religious or secular aims. Fraternity in the Western concept developed in the Christian context, notably with the religious orders in the Catholic Church during the Middle Ages.
Examples of use of fraternity
1. He and other black classmates integrated the all–white fraternity system by pledging to Tau Epsilon Phi, a Jewish fraternity.
2. The archaeological fraternity comes off no better.
3. The fraternity and some residents of a building across the alley have "a history of some problems," including vandalism to a fence at the fraternity house, Huntley said.
4. "It‘s a fraternity now," Alvarez said of his fellow POWs.
5. Three other members of the fraternity face misdemeanor hazing charges.