单词 | brethrenhood |
释义 | brethrenhoodn. = brotherhood n. (in various senses).Apparently unattested between the 16th and early 20th centuries. ΘΚΠ society > society and the community > social relations > association, fellowship, or companionship > [noun] > brotherly brotherred1464 brethrendom1481 brethrenhood1481 confraternity1680 brotherhood1761 brother-manhood1864 1481 in J. T. Smith & L. T. Smith Eng. Gilds (1870) 317 Ye shal not dyscouer þe counsell of þe bretherynhod. 1918 N. Gardner Rejected Voice 83 Blatant advocates of brethrenhood, Whose rasping speech was like their spirits coarse. 1919 Alumni Q. (Univ. Illinois) 1 Oct. 8/2 Capt. Strongquist, '10, latest addition to the brethrenhood. 1997 Irish Times 12 Apr. (Weekend section) 1/2 Black men [i.e. members of the Royal Black Institution] progress upward through 11 degrees of brethrenhood to reach the status of Red Cross. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2021). < n.1481 |
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