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noun
1.
the condition or quality of being a brother or brothers.
2.
the quality of being brotherly; fellowship.
3.
a fraternal or trade organization.
4.
all those engaged in a particular trade or profession or sharing a common interest or quality.
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brotherhood
equivalent of O.E. broþerrede "fellowship, brotherhood," with ending as in kindred; in early M.E. the word was brotherhede with ending as in maidenhead. The modern word, with -hood, is from 15c. Originally
EXPAND"relationship of a brother," also "friendly companionship." Concrete sense of "an association, a fraternity" is from mid-14c. in the ME word (later also "labor union," 1880s). O.E. also had broðorscipe "brothership."
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