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confraternity

 
Dictionary: con·fra·ter·ni·ty   (kŏn'frə-tûr'nĭ-tē) pronunciation

n., pl., -ties.
An association of persons united in a common purpose or profession.

[Middle English confraternite, from Old French, from Medieval Latin cōnfrāternitās, from cōnfrāter, colleague. See confrere.]


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