- (n.) An association for any purpose, as a society of monks; a fraternity.
- (n.) The whole body of persons engaged in the same business, -- especially those of the same profession; as, the legal or medical brotherhood.
- (n.) Persons, and, poetically, things, of a like kind.
- (n.) The state of being brothers or a brother.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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| MLA | Webster's. "brotherhood" 27 May 2011. Web. 29 September 2026. <http://smartdefine.org/brotherhood/definitions/1982753> |