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Meaning of "confraternity" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD CONFRATERNITY

From Medieval Latin confrāternitās.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF CONFRATERNITY

confraternity  [ˌkɒnfrəˈtɜːnɪtɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CONFRATERNITY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Confraternity is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES CONFRATERNITY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Confraternity

A confraternity is normally a Roman Catholic or Orthodox organization of lay people created for the purpose of promoting special works of Christian charity or piety, and approved by the Church hierarchy. An archconfraternity is a "franchise" of confraternities, able to establish different groups using the same names and rules, such as the Confraternities of the Cord, Confraternity of the Rosary and others. Many of these are very widely spread. Especially in the cities of the Middle Ages, confraternities could be important and wealthy institutions for the elite, as in the Scuole Grandi of Venice. The Purgatorial societies and orders of flagellants were other specialized medieval types. The medieval French term puy designated a confraternity dedicated to artistic performance in music, song and poetry; the German meistersingers were similar, though typically imitating trade guilds in form.

Definition of confraternity in the English dictionary

The definition of confraternity in the dictionary is a group of men united for some particular purpose, esp Christian laymen organized for religious or charitable service; brotherhood.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH CONFRATERNITY


amenity
əˈmiːnɪtɪ
coeternity
ˌkəʊɪˈtɜːnɪtɪ
community
kəˈmjuːnɪtɪ
diuturnity
ˌdaɪjʊˈtɜːnɪtɪ
equal-opportunity
ˌiːkwəlˌɒpəˈtjuːnɪtɪ
eternity
ɪˈtɜːnɪtɪ
eviternity
ˌiːvɪˈtɜːnɪtɪ
fraternity
frəˈtɜːnɪtɪ
immunity
ɪˈmjuːnɪtɪ
impunity
ɪmˈpjuːnɪtɪ
interfraternity
ˌɪntəfrəˈtɜːnɪtɪ
maternity
məˈtɜːnɪtɪ
modernity
mɒˈdɜːnɪtɪ
opportunity
ˌɒpəˈtjuːnɪtɪ
paternity
pəˈtɜːnɪtɪ
quaternity
kwəˈtɜːnɪtɪ
sempiternity
ˌsɛmpɪˈtɜːnɪtɪ
subalternity
ˌsʌbɔːlˈtɜːnɪtɪ
taciturnity
ˌtæsɪˈtɜːnɪtɪ
unity
ˈjuːnɪtɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CONFRATERNITY

conformism
conformist
conformities
conformity
confound
confoundable
confounded
confoundedly
confounder
confoundingly
confraternal
confraternities
confrerie
confront
confrontal
confrontation
confrontational
confronte
confronter
confrontment

WORDS THAT END LIKE CONFRATERNITY

affinity
Christianity
dignity
divinity
equal opportunity
femininity
gated community
Holy Trinity
humanity
indemnity
infinity
insanity
profanity
sanity
serenity
trinity
vanity
vicinity
virginity
yachting fraternity

Synonyms and antonyms of confraternity in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «confraternity» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CONFRATERNITY

Find out the translation of confraternity to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of confraternity from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «confraternity» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

帮会
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cofradía
570 millions of speakers

English

confraternity
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

संस्था
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أخوية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

братство
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

confraria
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

confraternity
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

confrérie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Perselisihan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Bruderschaft
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

奉仕団体
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

confraternity
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Confrualnity
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

hội đoàn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

தோழமைக் கூட்டுறவு
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Confraternity
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

kardeşlik derneği
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

confraternità
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Bractwo
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

братство
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

confrerie
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

Αδελφότητα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

broederskap
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

confraternity
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Confraternity
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of confraternity

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CONFRATERNITY»

The term «confraternity» is regularly used and occupies the 63.167 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CONFRATERNITY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «confraternity» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «confraternity» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about confraternity

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CONFRATERNITY»

Discover the use of confraternity in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to confraternity and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Boys of the Archangel Raphael: A Youth Confraternity in ...
This book represents a significant contribution to confraternity studies, and has important implications for numerous related fields.'
Konrad Eisenbichler, 1998
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Last Oda
Anejionu recently obtained a second Masters degree in GIS with Remote Sensing, from the University of Greenwich, London. He presently resides in the United Kingdom. This book is a work of fiction.
Obinna Anejionu, 2009
3
Parisian confraternity drama of the fourteenth century: the ...
The chronological range of the series is from c. 800 AD to c. 1600 AD. Each volume makes available to an international readership excellent new work, offering ways of reading rexts, cultures and institutions that speak to the contemporary ...
Donald Maddox, Sara Sturm-Maddox, 2008
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The Durham Liber Vitae and Its Context
surprising, especially given the large number of confraternity agreements made by the house. A register is perhaps expected, yet its absence is not abnormal: information about admissions to confraternity in other monastic houses is generally ...
David W. Rollason, 2004
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Rules and Services of the Confraternity, etc
THE CONFRATERNITY OF OUR LADY AND S.' THOMAS. RULES. I. Society shall be called the '' . “ Confraternity of Our Lady and St. p ' Thomas” (C. M. T.) II. It shall consist of Members (not exceeding twenty-five), HonoraryMembers, and ...
Orders and Associations (MARY, the Blessed Virgin). Confraternity of Our Lady and S. Thomas, 1868
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The Spirit and the Flesh in Shandong, 1650-1785
The progenitor of this confraternity was the Confraternity of the Passion of Christ ( Yesu Ku Hui), first founded in China by the Jesuit Francesco Brancati (Pan Guoguang) (1607-1671). It was established by Father Brancati as one of six ...
David E. Mungello, 2001
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Public Life in Toulouse, 1463-1789: From Municipal Republic ...
... 203-10; size of, 227-28; social composition of, 111-14, 23O-32 Confraternity of Charity, 205-7, 225 Confraternity of Corpus Domini, 125, 131 Confraternity of Our Lady of Good News, 204, 232 Confraternity of Our Lady of Suffrage, 208, 215, ...
Robert Alan Schneider, 1989
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Manual of the Arch-Confraternity of the Holy Family
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Jesus Mary and Joseph, Joseph, Jesus, 2009
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New American Bible, Revised Edition
Work on the New Testament, begun in 1978 and completed in 1986, was the work of thirteen revisers and five editors.
Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., Various, 2011
10
French Theatre in the Neo-classical Era, 1550-1789
Documents of control THE ROLE OF THE CONFRATERNITY OF THE PASSION Since 1402 the lay Confraternity of the Passion and Resurrection of Our Saviour Jesus- Christ had been licensed to perform or to have performed mysteries and ...
William Driver Howarth, 1997

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CONFRATERNITY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term confraternity is used in the context of the following news items.
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The week that Germany turned its back on Greece
Hans Tietmayer said it represented "a sworn confraternity, all for one and one for all". This concept has now changed, officials insist. "The euro ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
2
Puerto Rico and Otherness
If the confraternity argument does not hold, there are other real risks to consider from the U.S. remaining a bystander as American's sink into the ... «International Policy Digest, Jul 15»
3
Re: Nkrumahism, The Can Of Worms I Opened–Noam Chomsky 1
They stand in a relationship to a confraternity of other arranged words on whose behalf meanings and denotations enjoy a definition of ... «GhanaWeb, Jul 15»
4
Who is Hermano Puli?
At 18, he put up a religious confraternity called the Cofradia de San Jose. Under his passionate leadership, it grew steadily in its first few years, ... «Tempo, Jul 15»
5
St Peter Claver firsts do school proud
St Peter Claver has finished third at this year's Queensland Confraternity Rugby League Championships. Inga Williams ... «The Queensland Times, Jul 15»
6
Historic walk for modern-day pilgrims
A GROUP of modern-day pilgrims from the Confraternity of St James made a historic pilgrim walk from North Queensferry to Dunfermline Abbey ... «Dunfermline Press, Jul 15»
7
Assumption College takes on Mt Isa's Good Shepherd today
... school from the Southern Downs went down 38-10 to Trinity College, Beenleigh, in yesterday's game at the Confraternity Shield in Ipswich. «Warwick Daily News, Jul 15»
8
Claver footballers just miss shot at title
St Peter Claver's top rugby league team will play off for third at tomorrow's Confraternity Carnival after losing 12-10 today at Raceview. «The Queensland Times, Jul 15»
9
Knights of St. Peter & St. Paul present donation to Fr Douglas Youssif
The Confraternity of the Knights of St. Peter & St. Paul have donated €1100 to Fr. Douglas Youssif Bazi, for the Iraqi refugee Christians in Erbil ... «Gozo News, Jul 15»
10
Guanellian Graces
“St. Louis wanted to start a confraternity of prayer, the Pious Union,” explained Father Satheesh. At the invitation of Pope Pius X, St. Louis ... «National Catholic Register, Jun 15»

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