Definitions for fraternity

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fraternity fra·ter·ni·ty

Spelling: [fruh-tur-ni-tee]

IPA: /frəˈtɜr nɪ ti/

Fraternity is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 16 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 440 anagrams from letters in fraternity (aefinrrtty).

Definitions for fraternity

noun

1. a local or national organization of male students, primarily for social purposes, usually with secret initiation and rites and a name composed of two or three Greek letters.
2. a group of persons associated by or as if by ties of brotherhood.
3. any group or class of persons having common purposes, interests, etc.:
4. an organization of laymen for religious or charitable purposes; sodality.
5. the quality of being brotherly; brotherhood:
6. the relation of a brother or between brothers.

Origin of fraternity

1300-50; Middle English fraternite Latin frāternitās. See fraternal, -ity

Examples for fraternity

For the cause of just fraternity, and the equal rights of man!

One male student told me about a teammate in a fraternity who struggled with an eating disorder.

In the cause of just fraternity, and the equal rights of man!

And an anonymous junior in a fraternity at Emory University feels similarly.

For the cause of just fraternity, and the equal rights of man.

We sense the call of the human heart for fellowship, fraternity, and cooperation.

And sneer'd at just fraternity, and the equal rights of man.

And how do fraternity members feel about their organizations being on the chopping block?

Earlier this year, the fraternity news website Total Frat Move declared Fireball “the most popular shot for college students.”

From speaking with USC fraternity brothers, it almost seems worse for the boys.