Hypertext Webster Gateway: "confraternities"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Confraternity \Con`fra*ter"ni*ty\, n.; pl. {Confraternities}.
[LL. confraternitas: cf. F. confraternit?. See {Fraternity}.]
A society of body of men united for some purpose, or in some
profession; a brotherhood.
These live in one society and confraternity. --Stow.
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