Hypertext Webster Gateway: "sodality"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Sodality \So*dal"i*ty\, n.; pl. {Sodalities}. [L. sodalitas, fr.
sodalis a comrade.]
1. A fellowship or fraternity; a brotherhood.
2. (R.C.Ch.) Specifically, a lay association for devotion or
for charitable purposes.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
sodality
n : people engaged in a particular occupation; "the medical
fraternity" [syn: {brotherhood}, {fraternity}]
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