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Meaning of fraternity in English

(Definition of fraternity from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
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Examples of fraternity

fraternity
Indeed, one of the accomplishments that was repeatedly pointed out to me was the fraternity's all-sports intramural championship the year before my participant observation began.
We do not find fraternities like this in a female configuration.
In colleges, study was not supposed to interfere with good times; collective entertainment - whether football or fraternities - occupied a significant portion of students' time.
On regular speaking tours, he participated in the affairs of fraternities, churches, and educational institutions nationwide.
Monasteries, ecclesiastical colleges, chantries and religious fraternities that had played vital roles were dissolved, while schools, almshouses and hospitals saw their endowments abolished or threatened.
Evidence of community associations and networks can be traced back to the religious fraternities known as cofradi'as that date from at least 1594.
As with all things that are stereotyped, however, all fraternities are not the same, nor do most fraternities have the problems associated with the stereotype.
Much of this animosity can be attributed to the reputation fraternities have for engaging in unwise, irresponsible, demeaning, and criminal activities.
The foundation of gilds and fraternities was common in the early and mid-fifteenth century.
A closer examination of the figures shows that of those founded during the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, excluding those of the guilds and fraternities, one-fifth were perpetual.
Apart from maintaining the cycle of requiem masses, the most important role of the parochial guilds and fraternities was the organization and servicing of the funeral procession.
Only the small, nonconformist fraternity were concerned with private and lyrical values.
As we suggested above, long-firm frauds can be carried out by people who have no social or business contact with the criminal fraternity.
The hallmarks of stratum 1 are noncompositionality and non-productivity (cf. maternity, fraternity, fraternize).
Let me put another point to those who are interested in the betting fraternities in our big towns.
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Translations of fraternity

in Chinese (Traditional)
群體, (有相同職業或興趣愛好的)群體,集團, (美國或加拿大的)男大學生聯誼會…
in Chinese (Simplified)
群体, (有相同职业或兴趣爱好的)群体,集团, (美国或加拿大的)男大学生联谊会…
in Spanish
mundo, clase, asociación estudiantil…
in Portuguese
classe, associação de estudantes, fraternidade…
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birlik, beraberlik, kardeşlik…
confrérie, fraternité, confrérie d’étudiants…
broederschap, studentenvereniging…
bratrstvo, společenství, profese…
broderskab, gruppe, stand…
persaudaraan, perhimpunan, perkumpulan mahasiswa…
คนที่นับถือกันและกันว่าเท่าเทียมกัน, คนที่มีความสนใจ หรือกลุ่มอาชีพเดียวกัน, กลุ่มนักศึกษาชายในมหาวิทยาลัยมากมาย…
tình anh em, hội, hội nam sinh viên…
braterstwo, bractwo studenckie, bractwo…
brödraskap, samfund, förening…
persaudaraan, perhimpunan, perkumpulan mahasiswa…
die Bruderschaft, die Gemeinschaft, die Verbindungsbruderschaft…
brorskap, brodersamfunn, -standen…
братство, громада, студентське братство…
братство, студенческое братство…
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