BROTHERHOOD

brotherhood. Brotherhood, n. union, a society, class, order

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Broth″er‐hood (�), n. [[Brother + -hood.]] 1. 1. The state of being brothers or a brother.
2. 2. An association for any purpose, as a society of monks; a fraternity.
3. 3. The whole body of persons engaged in the same business, — especially those of the same profession; as, the legal or medical brotherhood.
4. 4. Persons, and, poetically, things, of a like kind.
A brotherhood of venerable trees. Wordsworth. Syn. — Fraternity; association; fellowship; sodality.