sodality
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so·dal·i·ty
(sō-dăl'ĭ-tē) 
n., pl., -ties.
n., pl., -ties.
- A society or an association, especially a devotional or charitable society for the laity in the Roman Catholic Church.
- Fellowship.
[French sodalité, from Old French, from Latin sodālitās, fellowship, from sodālis, companion.]
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- Rites, Practices, Spells, and Symbols - sodality: brotherhood with common purposes, beliefs, and rites
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Sodality
For sodality in social anthropology, see Sodality (social anthropology).
In Christian theology, a sodality is a form of the "Universal Church" expressed in specialized, task-oriented form as opposed to the Christian church in its local, diocesan form (which is termed modality). In English, the term sodality is most commonly used by groups in the Catholic Church, where they are also referred to as confraternities. See Sodality (Catholic Church). Sodalities are expressed among Protestants through the multitude of mission organizations, societies, and specialized ministries that have proliferated, particularly since the advent of the modern missions movement, usually attributed to Englishman William Carey in 1792. However they rarely use the term "sodality" in their names.
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Sodality
Dansk (Danish)
n. - broderskab
Nederlands (Dutch)
broederschap
Français (French)
n. - (gén, Relig) confrérie
Deutsch (German)
n. - Bruderschaft
Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (θρησκευτική) αδελφότητα
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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