sodality

n., pl., -ties.

1. A society or an association, especially a devotional or charitable society for the laity in the Roman Catholic Church.
2. Fellowship.

[French sodalité, from Old French, from Latin sodālitās, fellowship, from sodālis, companion.]

(so-DAL-i-tee)

noun
1. A fellowship or association.
2. In the Roman Catholic Church, a lay society for devotional or charitable purposes.

Etymology
From Latin sodalitas (fellowship), from sodalis (companion)

Usage
"She wrote her last name in black marker on the bottom of the Tupperware she used to bring food to anyone in her building or sodality or family." — Maureen Dowd; A Woman Who Found a Way to Write; The New York Times; Jul 24, 2005.

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: people engaged in a particular occupation
  Synonyms: brotherhood, fraternity

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - broderskab

Nederlands (Dutch)
broederschap

Français (French)
n. - (gén, Relig) confrérie

Deutsch (German)
n. - Bruderschaft

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (θρησκευτική) αδελφότητα

Italiano (Italian)
sodalizio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - congregação (f), associação (f), confraria (f), irmandade (f)

Русский (Russian)
община, товарищество

Español (Spanish)
n. - asociación, cofradía, hermandad

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - medlemskap, brödraskap, sällskap

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
友好, 伙伴, 兄弟会, 团契

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 友好, 伙伴, 兄弟會, 團契

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 조합, 동지애, 신도회

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 友好, 組合, 兄弟会, 信心会

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) جمعيه وبخاصه جمعيه خيريه‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮אחווה, אגודה, חברה‬

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