FRATERN'ITY, noun [Latin fraternitas.] 1. The state or quality of a brother; brotherhood. 2. A body of men associated for their common interest or pleasure; a company; a brotherhood; a society; as the fraternity of free masons. 3. Men of the same class, profession, occupation or character. With what terms of respect knaves and sots will speak of their own fraternity
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