confraternity
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8.4
- noun
- /ˌkɒnfrəˈtɜrnɪti/
- Formal
:
confraternidad
- Many members of the confraternity gathered to discuss their plans for community service projects.
- a lay confraternity
Examples
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Joining a religious confraternity helped her connect with like-minded individuals who shared her values.
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May the Lord bless all of you, and let us remember one another in our daily Confraternity prayers!
Blog text (6) -
We belonged to a sort of a blessed confraternity.
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Jesus offers to all members of the Confraternity a special grace to grow in the purity of thought.
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The clergy, in particular, were leading advocates of these new confraternities.
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Confraternities also grew, particularly those associated with the Rosary and the Holy Sacrament.
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After the religious wars ended, traditional confraternities were restored and new ones founded, above all those of the Rosary and the Holy Sacrament.
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Another feature of revived spirituality in rural parishes was an increase in the number of devotional confraternities.
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The charity event was organized by a local confraternity dedicated to helping the homeless.
Synonyms
525
4.3
A group of people or organizations that join together to work for the same goal
62
6.7
A group of companies or organizations that work together on a project
43
3.7
A group of people in the same job who support each other
32
6.0
A group of independent countries or organizations that join for a common purpose
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3.4
An organization owned and run by a group of people to help them sell or buy goods
12
5.5
All the people who do the same kind of work seen as a group
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9.9
A group of people who share a common purpose and work together
A group of people who work together for a shared purpose
A group of people or organizations formed to work together for a common purpose
Antonyms
How Formal
Surface Forms
Morphology
confraternity = fraternity (semi-transparent) = con + fratern + ity
The connection to 'fraternity' is recognizable, but 'con-' is not a clearly productive cue for most learners here, so the exact sense is only partly inferable.
Etymology
The word confraternity comes from the Latin parts con- 'with' and frater 'brother', the same root you see in fraternity. So a confraternity is like a 'brotherhood', a group of people who come together for a shared purpose, often for religious or charitable work.