These live in one society and confraternity. --Stow. [1913 Webster] ||
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
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confraternities — con·fra·ter·ni·ty || ‚kÉ’nfrÉ™ tÉœËnÉ™tɪ n. society of men, brotherhood … English contemporary dictionary
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