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fra⋅ter

1[frey-ter]
–noun
1. a brother, as in a religious or fraternal order; comrade.
2. a member of a college or university fraternity.

Origin:
1555–65; < L frāter brother

fra⋅ter

2[frey-ter]
–noun Ecclesiastical History Obsolete.
the refectory of a religious house.
Also, fratry.


Origin:
1250–1300; ME frater, freitour < OF fraitur, short for refreitor < LL rēfectōrium refectory
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