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noun
- 1. a brotherhood, especially with a charitable or religious purpose.
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1. : a society devoted especially to a religious or charitable cause. 2. : fraternal union. Examples of confraternity in a Sentence.
Confraternity definition: a lay brotherhood devoted to some purpose, especially to religious or charitable service.. See examples of CONFRATERNITY used in a sentence.
A confraternity ( Spanish: cofradía; Portuguese: confraria) is generally a Christian voluntary association of laypeople created for the purpose of promoting special works of Christian charity or piety, and approved by the Church hierarchy. They are most common among Roman Catholics, Lutherans, Anglicans, and the Western Orthodox.
1. fraternal bond; brotherhood. 2. a group of men (or, sometimes, men and women) associated for some purpose or in a profession; esp., a religious society, usually of laymen, with a devotional or charitable purpose.
Confraternity Definition. Fraternal bond; brotherhood. A group of men (or, sometimes, men and women) associated for some purpose or in a profession; esp., a religious society, usually of laymen, with a devotional or charitable purpose.
Definition of confraternity noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
1. a lay brotherhood devoted to some religious or charitable service. 2. a society, esp. of men, united for some purpose or in some profession. [1425–75; late Middle English < Medieval Latin confrāternitās, derivative of confrāter (see confrere ), on the model of Latin frāternitās fraternity] con`fra•ter′nal, adj.
noun (plural confraternities) a brotherhood, especially with a religious or charitable purpose. Example sentences. Furthermore, clergy gave no encouragement to lay organisations such as religious confraternities or voluntary societies.
How to use . confraternity in a sentenceThis penalty fell heavily on London, where the confraternities were very numerous.
a lay brotherhood devoted to some purpose, esp. to religious or charitable service. a society or organization, esp. of men, united for some purpose or in some profession. Medieval Latin confrāternitās, derivative of confrāter (see confrere ), on the model of Latin frāternitāsfraternity. late Middle English confraternite 1425–75.
