brotherhoodn.

Brit.

/ˈbrʌðəhʊd/, U.S.

/ˈbrəðərˌ(h)ʊd/

Forms: Middle English bretherhode, Middle English brethyrhode, Middle English breþerhode, Middle English breþerode, Middle English britherhod, Middle English britherhoode, Middle English brithirhod, Middle English broderhod, Middle English broderhode, Middle English brodorod, Middle English brothirhod, Middle English brothirhode, Middle English brothyrhod, Middle English broþerehode, Middle English broþerhode, Middle English brythyrrod, Middle English–1600s brotherhod, Middle English–1600s brotherhode, Middle English–1600s brotherode, 1500s bretherhod, 1500s bretherode, 1500s bretherwoode, 1500s broderhodde, 1500s broderwoode, 1500s brotherhoodde, 1500s brotherwode, 1500s brotherwood, 1500s–1600s brotherhoode, 1500s– brotherhood, 1600s bretherhood.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: brother n., -hood suffix.

Etymology: < brother n. + -hood suffix. Compare slightly earlier brotherhead n., and also earlier brotherred n.In early use partly after classical Latin frāternitās fraternity n. Forms with e (or i or y ) in the first syllable are apparently after plural forms of brother n. (compare forms at that entry).

a. An association or community of people linked by a common interest, religion, or trade; spec. a guild or other association intended to provide mutual support or protection; a fraternity. Also: the members of such an association or community collectively.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > types of association, society, or organization > [noun] > a brotherhood

brotherhead1389

brotherhood1389

fraternity1389

frarya1400

confraternityc1475

confrairy1525

fratry?1533

order1686

brothership1691

confrérie1803

fraternal order1862

1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 27 A bretherhode..of barbres, in þe site of Norwyche.

1449 in J. A. Kingdon Arch. Worshipful Company of Grocers (1886) I. 124 The Wardeynes..haue fully determyne..that who so euer be Wardeyns..suffren..noon othir Brothirhodes nor Feleshepes to ocupye owre Halle.

1466 in F. B. Bickley Little Red Bk. Bristol (1900) II. 235 A Table of the Names of the Britherhoode.

1612 T. Dekker O per se O sig. L4^v The Sister-hood and Brother-hood of Whores and Wallet-mongers.

1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes iii. ii. 100, in Wks. II The Brotherhood of the Rosie Crosse.

1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler i. 5 I hate the Otter perfectly, even for their sakes that are of my Brotherhood .

1781 E. Pendleton Let. 2 June in Lett. & Papers (1967) I. 364 These..enemies..possessing every motive of private interest to allure others to their brother-hood.

1805 R. Southey Madoc i. xiii. 131 The grey brotherhood Chaunted the solemn mass.

1850 N. Brit. Rev. 13 278 The Parliament House probably never saw—and may never see again—such a brotherhood of legal talent as the Whig lawyers of 1815.

1916 Rep. Royal Comm. Rebellion Ireland 9 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 8279) XI. 179 Meetings of the Irish Republican Brotherhood in Tyrone.

1956 N. Algren Walk on Wild Side i. 25 Ready to play waitress downstairs to the brotherhood of trailer, truck and bus.

2004 N.Y. Times 20 June ii. 31/4 The piece takes its title from the popular name for an Afro-Cuban religious brotherhood.

b. figurative. A group of things likened to a brotherhood, esp. in sharing common features.

ΘΚΠ

the world > relative properties > kind or sort > [noun] > a kind, sort, or class > a number of things classed together

class1583

coveya1592

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sisterhood1616

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set1690

lot1710

group1718

brotherhood1728

kit1785

package1947

1728 A. Pope Dunciad i. 113 Here swells the shelf with Ogleby the great, There, stamp'd with arms, Newcastle shines compleat, Here all his suff'ring brotherhood retire, And 'scape the martyrdom of jakes and fire.

1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion i. 4 The gloom Spread by a brotherhood of lofty elms.

1843 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Mexico I. iii. ii. 411 This rugged brotherhood of mountains.

1977 P. Scupham Hinterland 1 The bells' brotherhood gives tongue.

2001 Islands July 119/1 Above them, a brotherhood of whitewashed cottages crouches against the slope.

c. U.S. A trade union. Frequently in the names of particular unions.

ΘΚΠ

society > occupation and work > working > association of employers or employees > [noun] > trade union > union of railwaymen

brotherhood1865

1865 Daily Cleveland (Ohio) Herald 18 Feb. Second Annual Ball of the International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.

1867 Locomotive Engineers' Monthly Jrnl. Jan. 2/2 We hope that it will result in great good to the Brotherhood, and be the means of developing the best mode of operating railroads.

1904 (title) Constitution..of the brotherhood of painters, decorators and paperhangers of America.

1940 Negro in Virginia xxvii. 316 The International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths, Drop Forgers and Helpers (AFL) will not allow Negro members to be promoted to blacksmiths.

1959 Economist 6 June 947/2 The political influence of the railway brotherhoods, as the unions are called.

2007 G. Hak Capital & Labour in Brit. Columbia Forest Industry iv. 103 The lumber workers recognized that their presence within the carpenters' brotherhood and the AFL was untenable.

a. Brotherly feeling, care, or affection between individuals or groups, or within a particular group; comradeship; solidarity; friendly alliance.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > emotion > love > [noun] > love between kinsmen > brotherly love > quality or state of being brotherly

brothershipOE

brotherredOE

brotherheada1400

brotherhooda1425

fraternity1470

brotherliness?1533

fraternalism1893

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) 1 Macc. xii. 10 To renule britherhod [c1384 E.V. bretherhed; L. fraternitatem] and frenschip.

a1450 (?c1421) J. Lydgate Siege Thebes (Arun.) (1911) l. 1071 (MED) From whoos hertes was devoyde[d] clene Of brotherhode the faithful alliaunce.

1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 121 He was sure of the Brother-hood of France.

1772 T. Nugent tr. P. J. Grosley Tour to London I. 93 Religion likewise contributed to reconcile them, by establishing a brotherhood between the English and the Protestants, who then made very near one half of the inhabitants of France.

1837 N. Hawthorne Amer. Notebks. (1972) ii. 46 We live in great harmony and brotherhood.

1898 Lippincott's Monthly Mag. Sept. 349 The necessity for taking constant thought for those under his command engendered protectiveness and fostered brotherhood.

1925 J. A. Morgan Oxf. Observ. p. xii An ardent endeavour to increase the most necessary brotherhood between the two countries.

1964 Ebony Jan. 87/1 The law cannot inject goodness and brotherhood into those who are determined to reject both qualities.

1992 J. Torrington Swing Hammer Swing! xvii. 149 There they were, the same old mammoths..still patiently waiting for the political polar caps to melt and to flood Europe with the warmth of socialist brotherhood.

2010 South Afr. 6 Apr. 11/2 There was a strong sense of brotherhood in my troop; we worked as a team...we were all equal.

b. The community of Christian believers; the spiritual bond between Christians; Christian fellowship. Also: the communion of Christians with Christ.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > aspects of faith > communion > [noun]

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brotherheadc1384

fellowshipc1384

commoninga1400

communionc1405

brotherhooda1425

sodality1602

consent1635

correspondence1642

converse1668

koinonia1907

a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) 1 Pet. ii. 17 Onoure ȝe alle men, loue ȝe brithirhod [c1384 E.V. britherhed; L. fraternitatem].

1562 D. Cox in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign Elizabeth (1845) II. 503 Our Father, which in heauen art, And makst vs al one brotherhood.

1658 R. Baxter Call to Unconverted 269 You shall have part in the brother-hood, communion and prayers of the Saints.

?1704 T. Lee Serm. preached Plymouth Oct. 29th 1704 4 This holy Brotherhood, this Communion of Saints, which makes one Article of the Creed, is grounded on this.

1773 C. Chauncy Christian Love 29 It is the very essence of faith..to shew itself in love, not only to God, and Christ, but to the christian brotherhood, not in word only, but in true genuine deeds.

1865 R. W. Dale Jewish Temple vii. 74 There is a brotherhood between Christ and all believers.

1921 Homiletic Rev. 20/2 This gigantic revival of interest in Christianity swept all other currents of English thought into one great channel—the channel whose direction was toward faith in God and brotherhood under God.

2011 C. Howse Pilgrim in Spain x. 162 In the peace of Segovia John began on his final path of brotherhood with Christ, walking willingly towards his own dolorous death.

c. Human fellowship; community of feeling between people, as fellow members of the human race. Also: a group of people united in such fellowship. Frequently in brotherhood of man.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > [noun] > brotherly

brotherred1464

brethrendom1481

brethrenhood1481

confraternity1680

brotherhood1761

brother-manhood1864

society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a company or body of persons > [noun]

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flockOE

gingc1175

rout?c1225

companyc1300

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partya1387

peoplec1390

conventc1426

an abominable of monksa1450

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1761 H. Brooke Tryal Cause Rom. Catholicks 285 From Society he derives all the conjugal paternal, and filial Endearments; the Friend, the Neighbour, Citizen, Countryman, Patriot; and all the charities that unite the great Brotherhood of Man.

1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 102 The link of brotherhood, by which One common Maker bound me to the kind.

1786 J. Fordyce Poems 228 Converse with men and nations far remote, Dilates the mind to more expanded thought:..A practis'd Voyager adopts the plan Of universal brotherhood to man.

1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound ii. ii. 76 And make the earth One brotherhood.

1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. III. 129 The common brotherhood of man.

1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity I. ii. v. 107 In the Church the beautiful ideal of human brotherhood was carried into practice.

1919 H. F. Ward New Social Order xii. 384 The instinct for sacrifice..will lead man to his desired haven of world-wide brotherhood.

1967 J. Barth Floating Opera (rev. ed.) iii. 23 To hell with the brotherhood of man!.. I wouldn't want those guys for field hands, much less brothers.

1994 New York 3 Jan. 52/3 This is not some gooey message of universal brotherhood intended to comfort the unhappy people of the world.

†3. With possessive adjective, as your brotherhood. A respectful form of address to a brother (in various senses of the noun). Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > sibling > brother > relationship of brothers > [noun] > personality of brother

brotherhood1452

your brotherheadc1475

1452 W. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 149 And if it leke ȝowre good brodorod to remembre þe letter þat I sent to ȝow.

c1475 in C. L. Kingsford Stonor Lett. & Papers (1919) I. 160 (MED) No more to your good Brothyrhod at thys tyme.

1565 T. Stapleton tr. Bede Hist. Church Eng. i. xxiv. f. 30 We thought it good to directe our letters to your brother-hood: aduertising yow that we haue sent Augustine the bearer herof.

1570 J. Foxe tr. Pope Urban Epist. in Actes & Monuments (rev. ed.) I. 311/1 We send our mandates agayn to your brotherhode..districtly..commaundyng you, that [etc.].

c1613 ( in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 172 I recomend me unto your mastership and brotherhode, and to my lady your wyfe.

1635 E. Pagit tr. G. Abbott in Christianographie ii. vii. 84 I haue opportunity to salute your brotherhood, whose face I neuer saw.

4. The state, condition, or fact of being a brother (brother n. 1a); the relation of a brother to a sibling, or the relationship between brothers.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > sibling > brother > relationship of brothers > [noun]

brotherhead1340

fraternity1390

brotherhooda1500

billyhood1818

a1500 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 690/16 Hec fraternitas, a brotherode.

1574 J. Baret Aluearie B 1274 Brotherhood by the same father and mother. Germanitas.

1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. ii. 9 Findes brotherhood in thee no sharper spurre?

1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Bb1^v Nature createth Brotherhood in Families.

1702 tr. Moral Ess. Friendship ix. 78 Which Tye is the streighter of the Two, that of Brotherhood, or that of Friendship?

1755 W. Guthrie tr. Cicero Offices 32 Next follows the Connexion of Brotherhood, next that of, Cousins in their different Degrees.

1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 166 The brotherhood of blood was not to wear out.

1887 N. B. E. Baillie Digest Moohummudan Law (ed. 2) II. vii. ii. 287 The son of a paternal uncle who is also a brother..inherits by virtue of brotherhood alone.

1922 D. Karsner Talks with Debs in Terre Haute 212 Two men could not possibly be more suited to each other in a relation of brotherhood.

2010 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 26 Sept. 20 Whether you are the Milibands, the Saatchis, the Corleones or the Krays, brotherhood can be a trial.

†5. The position or rank of brother in a corporation. See brother n. 6b. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > types of association, society, or organization > [noun] > guild of medieval origin > a member > position of

brotherhood1535

1535–6 Act 27 Henry VIII c. 42. in Statutes of Realm (1963) III. 600 Scolershippes Dymishyppes Brotherodes.

1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. iii. 104 How could..Degrees in schooles, and brother-hoods in Citties..The primogenitie and due of birth..stand in authentique place.

6. A meeting of delegates from the corporations of the Cinque Ports (Cinque Ports n. 1). Cf. guestling n.¹ Now historical.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > types of deliberative or legislative assembly > [noun] > of a company or corporation

common hall1478

court1527

brotherhood1683

1683 Addr. Cinque-Ports in London Gaz. No. 1857/2 The humble Address of the Mayors, Bayliffs, Jurats, and Commons of the Cinque-Ports..Assembled at a Brotherhood and Guestling holden at New Romeney.

1771 Gentleman's Mag. 41 332 A general meeting of the Cinque Ports, two antient towns, and their Members, called the Brotherhood and Guestling.

1847 W. Holloway Hist. & Antiq. Anc. Town & Port Rye i. i. 121 The Brotherhood was anciently held twice in every year, viz. on the Tuesday after the close of Easter, and on the Tuesday next after the Feast of Saint Margaret.

1891 J. Simson Hist. Thanet 30 The books recording the proceedings of the Brotherhoods and Guestlings of the Cinque Ports are still extant.

1982 S. T. Bindoff House Commons 1509–1558 (Hist. Parl. Trust) I. 438/1 He represented Hastings at Brotherhoods of the Cinque Ports on several occasions between 1545 and 1554.

Phrases

letter of brotherhood n. now historical a letter of acknowledgement granted by a religious order to its benefactors or adherents, entitling them to share in the benefits of the prayers and good works of the order; cf. letters of fraternity at fraternity n. 4.

ΘΚΠ

society > faith > church government > monasticism > [noun] > letter of fraternity

letters of fraternityc1330

letter of brotherreda1500

letter of brotherheada1525

letter of brotherhood1528

1528 Test. of Richard Clerke in C. W. Foster Lincoln Wills (1918) II. 89 To the Frerys Observantes of Newarke,..to get me a letter of brotherhode for me and my wyff.

1704 tr. D. F. Navarette Acct. Empire of China iv. iv, in Coll. Voy. & Trav. I. 157/2 In Religious Orders it is customary to give Letters of Brotherhood to their Devotes and Benefactors.

1881 R. W. Cochran-Patrick Charters of Friars Preachers of Ayr 35 The said prior and convent..giving formal letters of brotherhood, with recommendation of the general chapter of their order.

1973 F. Blom tr. T. de la Torre in Sewanee Rev. 81 557 He was married to an honorable and devoted woman, and the two of them had a Letter of Brotherhood and were brothers of our Order in Spain.

1997 M. Robson Franciscans Medieval Custody York 26 He also had a letter of brotherhood from St Robert at Knaresborough and described himself as a brother of that house.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	brotherhood
释义	brotherhoodn. Brit. /ˈbrʌðəhʊd/, U.S. /ˈbrəðərˌ(h)ʊd/ Forms: Middle English bretherhode, Middle English brethyrhode, Middle English breþerhode, Middle English breþerode, Middle English britherhod, Middle English britherhoode, Middle English brithirhod, Middle English broderhod, Middle English broderhode, Middle English brodorod, Middle English brothirhod, Middle English brothirhode, Middle English brothyrhod, Middle English broþerehode, Middle English broþerhode, Middle English brythyrrod, Middle English–1600s brotherhod, Middle English–1600s brotherhode, Middle English–1600s brotherode, 1500s bretherhod, 1500s bretherode, 1500s bretherwoode, 1500s broderhodde, 1500s broderwoode, 1500s brotherhoodde, 1500s brotherwode, 1500s brotherwood, 1500s–1600s brotherhoode, 1500s– brotherhood, 1600s bretherhood. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: brother n., -hood suffix. Etymology: < brother n. + -hood suffix. Compare slightly earlier brotherhead n., and also earlier brotherred n.In early use partly after classical Latin frāternitās fraternity n. Forms with e (or i or y ) in the first syllable are apparently after plural forms of brother n. (compare forms at that entry). 1. a. An association or community of people linked by a common interest, religion, or trade; spec. a guild or other association intended to provide mutual support or protection; a fraternity. Also: the members of such an association or community collectively. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > types of association, society, or organization > [noun] > a brotherhood brotherhead1389 brotherhood1389 fraternity1389 frarya1400 confraternityc1475 confrairy1525 fratry?1533 order1686 brothership1691 confrérie1803 fraternal order1862 1389 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 27 A bretherhode..of barbres, in þe site of Norwyche. 1449 in J. A. Kingdon Arch. Worshipful Company of Grocers (1886) I. 124 The Wardeynes..haue fully determyne..that who so euer be Wardeyns..suffren..noon othir Brothirhodes nor Feleshepes to ocupye owre Halle. 1466 in F. B. Bickley Little Red Bk. Bristol (1900) II. 235 A Table of the Names of the Britherhoode. 1612 T. Dekker O per se O sig. L4^v The Sister-hood and Brother-hood of Whores and Wallet-mongers. 1631 B. Jonson Staple of Newes iii. ii. 100, in Wks. II The Brotherhood of the Rosie Crosse. 1653 I. Walton Compl. Angler i. 5 I hate the Otter perfectly, even for their sakes that are of my Brotherhood . View more context for this quotation 1781 E. Pendleton Let. 2 June in Lett. & Papers (1967) I. 364 These..enemies..possessing every motive of private interest to allure others to their brother-hood. 1805 R. Southey Madoc i. xiii. 131 The grey brotherhood Chaunted the solemn mass. 1850 N. Brit. Rev. 13 278 The Parliament House probably never saw—and may never see again—such a brotherhood of legal talent as the Whig lawyers of 1815. 1916 Rep. Royal Comm. Rebellion Ireland 9 in Parl. Papers (Cd. 8279) XI. 179 Meetings of the Irish Republican Brotherhood in Tyrone. 1956 N. Algren Walk on Wild Side i. 25 Ready to play waitress downstairs to the brotherhood of trailer, truck and bus. 2004 N.Y. Times 20 June ii. 31/4 The piece takes its title from the popular name for an Afro-Cuban religious brotherhood. b. figurative. A group of things likened to a brotherhood, esp. in sharing common features. ΘΚΠ the world > relative properties > kind or sort > [noun] > a kind, sort, or class > a number of things classed together class1583 coveya1592 parcel1607 batch1616 sisterhood1616 clan1667 band1690 set1690 lot1710 group1718 brotherhood1728 kit1785 package1947 1728 A. Pope Dunciad i. 113 Here swells the shelf with Ogleby the great, There, stamp'd with arms, Newcastle shines compleat, Here all his suff'ring brotherhood retire, And 'scape the martyrdom of jakes and fire. 1814 W. Wordsworth Excursion i. 4 The gloom Spread by a brotherhood of lofty elms. View more context for this quotation 1843 W. H. Prescott Hist. Conquest Mexico I. iii. ii. 411 This rugged brotherhood of mountains. 1977 P. Scupham Hinterland 1 The bells' brotherhood gives tongue. 2001 Islands July 119/1 Above them, a brotherhood of whitewashed cottages crouches against the slope. c. U.S. A trade union. Frequently in the names of particular unions. ΘΚΠ society > occupation and work > working > association of employers or employees > [noun] > trade union > union of railwaymen brotherhood1865 1865 Daily Cleveland (Ohio) Herald 18 Feb. Second Annual Ball of the International Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. 1867 Locomotive Engineers' Monthly Jrnl. Jan. 2/2 We hope that it will result in great good to the Brotherhood, and be the means of developing the best mode of operating railroads. 1904 (title) Constitution..of the brotherhood of painters, decorators and paperhangers of America. 1940 Negro in Virginia xxvii. 316 The International Brotherhood of Blacksmiths, Drop Forgers and Helpers (AFL) will not allow Negro members to be promoted to blacksmiths. 1959 Economist 6 June 947/2 The political influence of the railway brotherhoods, as the unions are called. 2007 G. Hak Capital & Labour in Brit. Columbia Forest Industry iv. 103 The lumber workers recognized that their presence within the carpenters' brotherhood and the AFL was untenable. 2. a. Brotherly feeling, care, or affection between individuals or groups, or within a particular group; comradeship; solidarity; friendly alliance. ΘΚΠ the mind > emotion > love > [noun] > love between kinsmen > brotherly love > quality or state of being brotherly brothershipOE brotherredOE brotherheada1400 brotherhooda1425 fraternity1470 brotherliness?1533 fraternalism1893 a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) 1 Macc. xii. 10 To renule britherhod [c1384 E.V. bretherhed; L. fraternitatem] and frenschip. a1450 (?c1421) J. Lydgate Siege Thebes (Arun.) (1911) l. 1071 (MED) From whoos hertes was devoyde[d] clene Of brotherhode the faithful alliaunce. 1665 T. Manley tr. H. Grotius De Rebus Belgicis 121 He was sure of the Brother-hood of France. 1772 T. Nugent tr. P. J. Grosley Tour to London I. 93 Religion likewise contributed to reconcile them, by establishing a brotherhood between the English and the Protestants, who then made very near one half of the inhabitants of France. 1837 N. Hawthorne Amer. Notebks. (1972) ii. 46 We live in great harmony and brotherhood. 1898 Lippincott's Monthly Mag. Sept. 349 The necessity for taking constant thought for those under his command engendered protectiveness and fostered brotherhood. 1925 J. A. Morgan Oxf. Observ. p. xii An ardent endeavour to increase the most necessary brotherhood between the two countries. 1964 Ebony Jan. 87/1 The law cannot inject goodness and brotherhood into those who are determined to reject both qualities. 1992 J. Torrington Swing Hammer Swing! xvii. 149 There they were, the same old mammoths..still patiently waiting for the political polar caps to melt and to flood Europe with the warmth of socialist brotherhood. 2010 South Afr. 6 Apr. 11/2 There was a strong sense of brotherhood in my troop; we worked as a team...we were all equal. b. The community of Christian believers; the spiritual bond between Christians; Christian fellowship. Also: the communion of Christians with Christ. ΘΚΠ society > faith > aspects of faith > communion > [noun] fellowredc1230 commonc1300 communing1357 brotherheadc1384 fellowshipc1384 commoninga1400 communionc1405 brotherhooda1425 sodality1602 consent1635 correspondence1642 converse1668 koinonia1907 a1425 (c1395) Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) (Royal) (1850) 1 Pet. ii. 17 Onoure ȝe alle men, loue ȝe brithirhod [c1384 E.V. britherhed; L. fraternitatem]. 1562 D. Cox in E. Farr Sel. Poetry Reign Elizabeth (1845) II. 503 Our Father, which in heauen art, And makst vs al one brotherhood. 1658 R. Baxter Call to Unconverted 269 You shall have part in the brother-hood, communion and prayers of the Saints. ?1704 T. Lee Serm. preached Plymouth Oct. 29th 1704 4 This holy Brotherhood, this Communion of Saints, which makes one Article of the Creed, is grounded on this. 1773 C. Chauncy Christian Love 29 It is the very essence of faith..to shew itself in love, not only to God, and Christ, but to the christian brotherhood, not in word only, but in true genuine deeds. 1865 R. W. Dale Jewish Temple vii. 74 There is a brotherhood between Christ and all believers. 1921 Homiletic Rev. 20/2 This gigantic revival of interest in Christianity swept all other currents of English thought into one great channel—the channel whose direction was toward faith in God and brotherhood under God. 2011 C. Howse Pilgrim in Spain x. 162 In the peace of Segovia John began on his final path of brotherhood with Christ, walking willingly towards his own dolorous death. c. Human fellowship; community of feeling between people, as fellow members of the human race. Also: a group of people united in such fellowship. Frequently in brotherhood of man. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > [noun] > brotherly brotherred1464 brethrendom1481 brethrenhood1481 confraternity1680 brotherhood1761 brother-manhood1864 society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > a company or body of persons > [noun] ferec975 flockOE gingc1175 rout?c1225 companyc1300 fellowshipc1300 covinc1330 eschelec1330 tripc1330 fellowred1340 choira1382 head1381 glub1382 partya1387 peoplec1390 conventc1426 an abominable of monksa1450 body1453 carol1483 band1490 compernagea1500 consorce1512 congregationa1530 corporationa1535 corpse1534 chore1572 society1572 crew1578 string1579 consort1584 troop1584 tribe1609 squadron1617 bunch1622 core1622 lag1624 studa1625 brigadea1649 platoon1711 cohort1719 lot1725 corps1754 loo1764 squad1786 brotherhood1820 companionhood1825 troupe1825 crowd1840 companionship1842 group1845 that ilk1845 set-out1854 layout1869 confraternity1872 show1901 crush1904 we1927 familia1933 shower1936 1761 H. Brooke Tryal Cause Rom. Catholicks 285 From Society he derives all the conjugal paternal, and filial Endearments; the Friend, the Neighbour, Citizen, Countryman, Patriot; and all the charities that unite the great Brotherhood of Man. 1785 W. Cowper Task iii. 102 The link of brotherhood, by which One common Maker bound me to the kind. 1786 J. Fordyce Poems 228 Converse with men and nations far remote, Dilates the mind to more expanded thought:..A practis'd Voyager adopts the plan Of universal brotherhood to man. 1820 P. B. Shelley Prometheus Unbound ii. ii. 76 And make the earth One brotherhood. 1841 I. D'Israeli Amenities Lit. III. 129 The common brotherhood of man. 1882 F. W. Farrar Early Days Christianity I. ii. v. 107 In the Church the beautiful ideal of human brotherhood was carried into practice. 1919 H. F. Ward New Social Order xii. 384 The instinct for sacrifice..will lead man to his desired haven of world-wide brotherhood. 1967 J. Barth Floating Opera (rev. ed.) iii. 23 To hell with the brotherhood of man!.. I wouldn't want those guys for field hands, much less brothers. 1994 New York 3 Jan. 52/3 This is not some gooey message of universal brotherhood intended to comfort the unhappy people of the world. †3. With possessive adjective, as your brotherhood. A respectful form of address to a brother (in various senses of the noun). Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > sibling > brother > relationship of brothers > [noun] > personality of brother brotherhood1452 your brotherheadc1475 1452 W. Paston in Paston Lett. & Papers (2004) I. 149 And if it leke ȝowre good brodorod to remembre þe letter þat I sent to ȝow. c1475 in C. L. Kingsford Stonor Lett. & Papers (1919) I. 160 (MED) No more to your good Brothyrhod at thys tyme. 1565 T. Stapleton tr. Bede Hist. Church Eng. i. xxiv. f. 30 We thought it good to directe our letters to your brother-hood: aduertising yow that we haue sent Augustine the bearer herof. 1570 J. Foxe tr. Pope Urban Epist. in Actes & Monuments (rev. ed.) I. 311/1 We send our mandates agayn to your brotherhode..districtly..commaundyng you, that [etc.]. c1613 ( in T. Stapleton Plumpton Corr. (1839) 172 I recomend me unto your mastership and brotherhode, and to my lady your wyfe. 1635 E. Pagit tr. G. Abbott in Christianographie ii. vii. 84 I haue opportunity to salute your brotherhood, whose face I neuer saw. 4. The state, condition, or fact of being a brother (brother n. 1a); the relation of a brother to a sibling, or the relationship between brothers. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > kinsman or relation > sibling > brother > relationship of brothers > [noun] brotherhead1340 fraternity1390 brotherhooda1500 billyhood1818 a1500 in T. Wright & R. P. Wülcker Anglo-Saxon & Old Eng. Vocab. (1884) I. 690/16 Hec fraternitas, a brotherode. 1574 J. Baret Aluearie B 1274 Brotherhood by the same father and mother. Germanitas. 1597 W. Shakespeare Richard II i. ii. 9 Findes brotherhood in thee no sharper spurre? View more context for this quotation 1605 F. Bacon Of Aduancem. Learning ii. sig. Bb1^v Nature createth Brotherhood in Families. View more context for this quotation 1702 tr. Moral Ess. Friendship ix. 78 Which Tye is the streighter of the Two, that of Brotherhood, or that of Friendship? 1755 W. Guthrie tr. Cicero Offices 32 Next follows the Connexion of Brotherhood, next that of, Cousins in their different Degrees. 1860 E. B. Pusey Minor Prophets 166 The brotherhood of blood was not to wear out. 1887 N. B. E. Baillie Digest Moohummudan Law (ed. 2) II. vii. ii. 287 The son of a paternal uncle who is also a brother..inherits by virtue of brotherhood alone. 1922 D. Karsner Talks with Debs in Terre Haute 212 Two men could not possibly be more suited to each other in a relation of brotherhood. 2010 Sunday Tel. (Nexis) 26 Sept. 20 Whether you are the Milibands, the Saatchis, the Corleones or the Krays, brotherhood can be a trial. †5. The position or rank of brother in a corporation. See brother n. 6b. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > an association, society, or organization > types of association, society, or organization > [noun] > guild of medieval origin > a member > position of brotherhood1535 1535–6 Act 27 Henry VIII c. 42. in Statutes of Realm (1963) III. 600 Scolershippes Dymishyppes Brotherodes. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida i. iii. 104 How could..Degrees in schooles, and brother-hoods in Citties..The primogenitie and due of birth..stand in authentique place. View more context for this quotation 6. A meeting of delegates from the corporations of the Cinque Ports (Cinque Ports n. 1). Cf. guestling n.¹ Now historical. ΘΚΠ society > authority > rule or government > ruler or governor > deliberative, legislative, or administrative assembly > types of deliberative or legislative assembly > [noun] > of a company or corporation common hall1478 court1527 brotherhood1683 1683 Addr. Cinque-Ports in London Gaz. No. 1857/2 The humble Address of the Mayors, Bayliffs, Jurats, and Commons of the Cinque-Ports..Assembled at a Brotherhood and Guestling holden at New Romeney. 1771 Gentleman's Mag. 41 332 A general meeting of the Cinque Ports, two antient towns, and their Members, called the Brotherhood and Guestling. 1847 W. Holloway Hist. & Antiq. Anc. Town & Port Rye i. i. 121 The Brotherhood was anciently held twice in every year, viz. on the Tuesday after the close of Easter, and on the Tuesday next after the Feast of Saint Margaret. 1891 J. Simson Hist. Thanet 30 The books recording the proceedings of the Brotherhoods and Guestlings of the Cinque Ports are still extant. 1982 S. T. Bindoff House Commons 1509–1558 (Hist. Parl. Trust) I. 438/1 He represented Hastings at Brotherhoods of the Cinque Ports on several occasions between 1545 and 1554. Phrases letter of brotherhood n. now historical a letter of acknowledgement granted by a religious order to its benefactors or adherents, entitling them to share in the benefits of the prayers and good works of the order; cf. letters of fraternity at fraternity n. 4. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > [noun] > letter of fraternity letters of fraternityc1330 letter of brotherreda1500 letter of brotherheada1525 letter of brotherhood1528 1528 Test. of Richard Clerke in C. W. Foster Lincoln Wills (1918) II. 89 To the Frerys Observantes of Newarke,..to get me a letter of brotherhode for me and my wyff. 1704 tr. D. F. Navarette Acct. Empire of China iv. iv, in Coll. Voy. & Trav. I. 157/2 In Religious Orders it is customary to give Letters of Brotherhood to their Devotes and Benefactors. 1881 R. W. Cochran-Patrick Charters of Friars Preachers of Ayr 35 The said prior and convent..giving formal letters of brotherhood, with recommendation of the general chapter of their order. 1973 F. Blom tr. T. de la Torre in Sewanee Rev. 81 557 He was married to an honorable and devoted woman, and the two of them had a Letter of Brotherhood and were brothers of our Order in Spain. 1997 M. Robson Franciscans Medieval Custody York 26 He also had a letter of brotherhood from St Robert at Knaresborough and described himself as a brother of that house. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < n.1389
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