English

Etymology
brother + -hood

Noun
en-noun

1. The state of being brothers or a brother.
2. An association for any purpose, as a society of monks; a fraternity.
3. The whole body of persons engaged in the same business, -- especially those of the same profession; as, the legal or medical brotherhood.
4. Persons, and, poetically, things, of a like kind.

#:A brotherhood of venerable trees. Wordsworth.

Translations
trans-top|state of being brothers or a brother
Finnish: t-|fi|veljeys
French: t+|fr|fraternité|f
German: t-|de|Bruderschaft|f
Greek: t+|el|αδελ�ο��νη|f|sc=Grek (adelfosíni)
trans-mid
Hebrew: ����� (akhvá) f
Italian: t-|it|fratellanza|f
trans-bottom

trans-top|an association of any purpose, a fraternity
Finnish: t-|fi|veljeskunta
French: t+|fr|confrérie|f
German: t-|de|Bruderschaft|f
Greek: t+|el|αδελ���η�α|f|sc=Grek (adelfótita)
trans-mid
Hebrew: ����� (akhvá) f
Kurdish: KUchar|برا���ت�
trans-bottom

trans-top|body of persons engaged in same business
Finnish: ammattikunta
trans-mid
trans-bottom

trans-top|persons of a like kind
Finnish: t-|fi|veljeskunta
trans-mid
trans-bottom

Synonyms
fraternity; association; fellowship; sodality.

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• 2007-12-29 11:43 - Tbot - added t for fr

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