Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CON-FRA-TER'NI-TY
CON-FRA-TER'NI-TY, n. [It. confraternita; Fr. confraternité; con and L. fraternitas, fraternity, from frater, brother.]
A brotherhood; a society or body of men, united for some purpose or in some profession; as, the confraternity of Jesuits.
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