"confraternity" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: confraternities [plural]
Etymology: From Middle French confraternité. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|frm|confraternité}} Middle French confraternité Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} confraternity (countable and uncountable, plural confraternities)
  1. (countable) A group with a common interest. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-confraternity-en-noun-qk5TCp2r
  2. (countable) A religious fraternity or brotherhood. Tags: countable
    Sense id: en-confraternity-en-noun-ic73OxX6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English undefined derivations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 56 26 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 7 84 9
  3. (uncountable) Brotherly friendship. Tags: uncountable
    Sense id: en-confraternity-en-noun-wleR-Vq~
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: archconfraternity, confraternal

Inflected forms

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