a society joined by male students, usually functioning as a social club
Examples of 'fraternities' in a sentence
fraternities
I followed a curved track between the walls of the monks' fraternities.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
This new emphasis on wealth meant that fraternities were often expensive and exclusive.
2019, 'The Evolution of the College Dorm Chronicles How Colleges Became Less White and Male',Smithsonianhttps://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/history-college-dorms-180971457/
Bad behaviour at fraternities is not new, but recent excesses have prompted a rethink.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
In an attempt to tame the fraternities, the college is banning strong alcohol.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
Dissenting churches, environment campaigners, independent lawyers, college fraternities and writers have all come together.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
More helpful, perhaps, is the rescue of artists outside the coteries and fraternities.
The Times Literary Supplement (2008)
How many brotherhoods, federations, schools and fraternities?
Times, Sunday Times (2012)
As real-life social groups, from bowling fraternities to trade unions, decline, online we socialise with abandon.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The highly organised fraternities — student social clubs — even bring their own marquees emblazoned with the starspangled banner.
The Sun (2013)
They form the village gangs, work units and fraternities that turn communities into dehumanizing places.