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Brotherhood
Pronunciation : Broth"er*hood
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Brother + -hood.]
Definition : 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.
Syn. -- Fraternity; association; fellowship; sodality.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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