brotherhood

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Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

brotherhoods

1.
(countable, uncountable)The state of being brothers or a brother (also figuratively).
brotherdom
2.
(countable, uncountable)An association of people for any purpose, such as a society of monks; a fraternity.
James formed a kind of brotherhood for ex-pats who were working in Valencia.
3.
(countable, uncountable)All the people engaged in the same business, especially those of the same profession
the legal brotherhood
the medical brotherhood
4.
(countable, uncountable)People, or (poetically) things, of the same kind.

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Đồng nghĩa

association brethren fellowshipfraternitysodalityfraternity, association, fellowship, sodality, brethren

Cùng gốc / liên quan

blackhoodbrotherhood-in-armsblood brotherhoodsisterhood

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English brotherhod, equivalent to brother + -hood, from earlier brotherhede, alteration (influenced by suffixes in -hood, -head) of Early Middle English brotherrede (brotherhood, fraternity), from Old English brōþorrǣden (brotherhood, fellowship), equivalent to brother + -red (see brotherred). More at brother, -red. friarhood.