释义 |
brothership|-ʃɪp| [f. as prec. + -ship:—OE. -scipe. Only in ONorthumb. broðerscip, and in recent occasional use as = ‘fraternity’.] a. Brotherly fellowship, brotherliness. b. A fraternity or gild-brotherhood.
c950Lindisf. Gosp. Matt. xxiv. 12 Eftcoles broðerscip vel lufo moniᵹra. 1706Farquhar Recruit. Officer i. i, Take your cap and your brothership back again. 1849Rock Ch. of Fathers II. vii. 337 This wish..to be in brothership with religious houses. 1866Cornh. Mag. Nov. 579 They possess trade-guilds and brotherships. |