brotherhood+(noun)

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• brotherhood — ► NOUN 1) the relationship between brothers. 2) a feeling of kinship and closeness. 3) an association or community of people …   English terms dictionary

• brotherhood — noun 1 (U) a feeling of friendship between people: peace and brotherhood among men 2 (C) an organization or society formed for a particular purpose, especially a religious one: the Franciscan brotherhood 3 (C) old fashioned a union of workers in… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• brotherhood — noun 1) the ideals of justice and brotherhood Syn: comradeship, fellowship, brotherliness, fraternalism, kinship; camaraderie, friendship 2) a masonic brotherhood Syn: society, fraternity, association, alliance …   Thesaurus of popular words

• brotherhood — noun a) The state of being brothers or a brother. A brotherhood of venerable trees. . b) An association for any purpose, as a society of monks; a fraternity. Syn: fraternity, association, fellowship, sodality, breth …   Wiktionary

• brotherhood — noun Etymology: Middle English brotherhede, brotherhod, alteration of brotherrede, from Old English brōthorrǣden, from brōthor + rǣden condition more at kindred Date: 14th century 1. the quality or state of being brothers 2. fellowship, allianc …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• brotherhood — noun 1》 the relationship between brothers.     ↘a feeling of kinship and closeness. 2》 an association or community of people with a common interest, religion, or trade.     ↘N. Amer. a trade union. Origin ME: prob. from obs. brotherred (based on… …   English new terms dictionary

• brotherhood — UK [ˈbrʌðə(r)ˌhʊd] / US [ˈbrʌðərˌhʊd] noun Word forms brotherhood : singular brotherhood plural brotherhoods 1) [uncountable] the friendship and support that a group of people, especially men, get from one another He taught us freedom, tolerance …   English dictionary

• brotherhood — broth|er|hood [ brʌðər,hud ] noun 1. ) uncount the friendship and support that a group of people, especially men, get from one another: He taught us freedom, tolerance, and brotherhood. 2. ) count a group of people, especially a group of men, who …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• Brotherhood — This unusual and interesting name, recorded in English church registers under the variant spellings Brotherhed, Brotherheed, Brotherhead, Bretherhod etc., from the mid 16th Century, has two distinct possible origins. Firstly, it may have… …   Surnames reference

• brotherhood — [ˈbrʌðəˌhʊd] noun 1) [U] the friendship and support that a group of people get from one another 2) [C] a group of people who have similar interests …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

• brotherhood — /ˈbrʌðəhʊd/ (say brudhuhhood) noun 1. condition or quality of being related as brothers. 2. condition or quality of being associated on the footing of brothers, or of regarding other people in a brotherly way. 3. a fraternal or trade organisation …