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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024fra•ter•ni•ty /frəˈtɜrnɪti/USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties. - [countable] a social organization of male college students usually with secret initiation and rites and a name made from Greek letters.
- a group of persons associated by or as if by ties of brotherhood:[countable]the medical fraternity.
- [uncountable] the quality or state of being brotherly;
brotherhood.
See -frat-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024fra•ter•ni•ty (frə tûr′ni tē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties. - a local or national organization of male students, primarily for social purposes, usually with secret initiation and rites and a name composed of two or three Greek letters.
- a group of persons associated by or as if by ties of brotherhood.
- any group or class of persons having common purposes, interests, etc.:the medical fraternity.
- an organization of laymen for religious or charitable purposes;
sodality. - the quality of being brotherly;
brotherhood:liberty, equality, and fraternity. - the relation of a brother or between brothers.
- Latin frāternitās. See fraternal, -ity
- Middle English fraternite 1300–50
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: fraternity /frəˈtɜːnɪtɪ/ n ( pl -ties)- a body of people united in interests, aims, etc: the teaching fraternity
- brotherhood
- US Canadian a secret society joined by male students, usually functioning as a social club
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