brotherhood

Definitions

1. The state of being brothers or a brother (also figuratively)
2. The state of being brothers or a brother (also figuratively).
   countable, uncountable
3. An association of people for any purpose, such as a society of monks; a fraternity
4. The state or relationship of being brothers.
5. An association of people for any purpose, such as a society of monks; a fraternity.
   countable, uncountable
6. All the people engaged in the same business, especially those of the same profession
7. Fellowship.
8. People, or (poetically) things, of the same kind
9. An association of men, such as a fraternity or union, united for common purposes.
10. People, or (poetically) things, of the same kind.
    countable, uncountable
11. All the members of a profession or trade.
12. (Genetics) the state of being related as a brother or brothers
13. an association or fellowship, such as a trade union
14. (Industrial Relations & HR Terms) all persons engaged in a particular profession, trade, etc
15. (Ecclesiastical Terms) the belief, feeling, or hope that all people should regard and treat one another as equals
16. the condition or quality of being a brother or brothers.
17. the quality of being brotherly; fellowship.

Equivalents

43 more languages

Afrikaansbroederskap

العربيةأخوةأخويةالأخوّة

Azərbaycan diliqardaşlıq

Беларускаябратэ́рствабра́цтва

Българскибратство

Bosanskibratstvoderneklokalбратство+ 1 more

Catalàfraternitatgermanor

Češtinabratrstvíbratrstvo

Cymraegbrawdoliaeth

Danskbroderskab

Ελληνικάαδελφάτοαδελφοσύνηαδελφότητααδέλφωμααδέλφωση+ 2 more

Esperantofrateco

فارسیبرادری

Suomiammattikuntaveljeskuntaveljesliittoveljestöveljeys+ 2 more

Gaeilgebráithreachas

Galegoconfraríairmandade

हिन्दीबंधुत्वबिरादरी

Hrvatskibratstvoderneklokalбратство+ 1 more

Magyartestvériség

Հայերենեղբայրություն

Italianofratellanza

日本語兄弟の間柄

ქართულისაძმოძმობა

Қазақ тілібауырластықтуыстық

한국어띠앗형제간형제지간

Kurdîcemiyetlokal

Latinaconlegiumfraternitasgermanitassodalitas+ 1 more

Latviešubrālība

Македонскибратство

മലയാളംസാഹോദര്യം

Nederlandsbroederschap

Polskibractwobraterstwo

Portuguêsfraternidadeirmandade

Românăfraternitatefrăție

Русскийбратство

Shqipvëllazëri

Српскиbratstvoderneklokalбратство+ 1 more

Svenskabroderskapbrödraskap

ไทยภราดรภาพ

Tagalogkapatiran

Türkçebiraderlikbirlikcemiyetdernekkardeşliklokaluhuvvet+ 4 more

Українськабратвабрате́рствобратство

Tiếng Việthữu ái

Examples

“brotherdom”

“"Read⟳ lips: Without gas or without you? Without you. Without light⟳ or without you? Without you. Without water or without you? Without you. Without food or without you? Without you. "Cold, hunger, darkness and thirst are not as terrible and deadly for us as your "friendship and brotherhood."”

“James formed a kind of brotherhood for ex-pats who were working in Valencia.”

“the legal brotherhood”

“the medical brotherhood”

“a brotherhood of venerable trees”

CEFR level