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- Dictionaryconfraternity/ˌkɒnfrəˈtəːnɪti/
noun
- 1. a brotherhood, especially with a religious or charitable purpose.
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A confraternity (Spanish: cofradía; Portuguese: confraria) is generally a Christian voluntary association of laypeople created for the purpose of promoting special works of Christian charity or piety, and approved by the Church hierarchy. They are most common among Catholics, Lutherans, Anglicans, and the Western Orthodox.
1. : a society devoted especially to a religious or charitable cause. 2. : fraternal union. Examples of confraternity in a Sentence.
Confraternity definition: a lay brotherhood devoted to some purpose, especially to religious or charitable service.. See examples of CONFRATERNITY used in a sentence.
Definition of confraternity noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Meaning & use. Pronunciation. Frequency. Compounds & derived words. Factsheet. What does the noun confraternity mean? There are three meanings listed in OED's entry for the noun confraternity. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. Entry status.
1. fraternal bond; brotherhood. 2. a group of men (or, sometimes, men and women) associated for some purpose or in a profession; esp., a religious society, usually of laymen, with a devotional or charitable purpose.
con·fra·ter·ni·ty. (kŏn′frə-tûr′nĭ-tē) n. pl. con·fra·ter·ni·ties. An association of persons united in a common purpose or profession. [Middle English confraternite, from Old French, from Medieval Latin cōnfrāternitās, from cōnfrāter, colleague; see confrere.]
