brotherhoodnoun [ C, + sing/pl verb ]
uk/ˈbrʌð.ə.hʊd/us/ˈbrʌð.ɚ.hʊd/brotherhood noun [ C, + sing/pl verb ] (ORGANIZATION)
(the members of) a particular organization:
The various groups eventually fused into a single brotherhood.
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Religious people: followers of religious groups
- Adventist
- Anglican
- Baptist
- born-again
- Calvinist
- get religion idiom
- guru
- Hare Krishna
- Hindu
- hot-gospeller
- non-sectarian
- nonconformist
- pantheism
- papist
- Parsi
- puritan
- Sunni
- televangelism
- yogi
- Zionism
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Organizations, Societies & clubs
brotherhood noun [ C, + sing/pl verb ] (FRIENDSHIP)
friendship and loyalty:
The ideal of the brotherhood of man (= where everyone loves each other) is still far from reality.
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Friendly
- affable
- amiable
- amicable
- amity
- approachable
- closeness
- comrade
- familiarity
- family-friendly
- first name
- forthcoming
- fraternal
- Freemasonry
- likeable
- matey
- neighbourly
- nice
- nicely
- tête-à-tête
- well in (with) idiom
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