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" I was not the midwife of the Law School, but its fraternal twin."
Norman Lamm

Meaning of "fraternal" in the English dictionary

DICTIONARY

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD FRATERNAL

From Latin frāternus, from frāter brother.
Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF FRATERNAL

frəˈtɜːnəl


GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FRATERNAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fraternal is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES FRATERNAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Fraternal

Fraternal may refer to: ▪ Fraternal organization, an organized society of men associated together in an environment of companionship and brotherhood, dedicated to the intellectual, physical, and social development of its members ▪ Fraternal correction, the admonishing of one's neighbor by a private individual with the purpose of reforming or, if possible, preventing the neighbor's sinful indulgence ▪ Fraternal party, a political party officially affiliated with another, often larger and/or international, political party or governmental party ▪ Fraternal Day, a legal holiday in the state of Alabama in the United States...

Definition of fraternal in the English dictionary

The definition of fraternal in the dictionary is of or suitable to a brother; brotherly. Other definition of fraternal is of or relating to a fraternity.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH FRATERNAL

asternal · coeternal · colonel · diuturnal · episternal · eternal · eviternal · external · hesternal · internal · journal · kernel · maternal · nocturnal · paternal · sempiternal · sternal · substernal · ternal · unmaternal

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FRATERNAL

frass · frat · fratch · fratchy · frate · frater · fraternalism · fraternally · fraternisation · fraterniser · fraternities · fraternity · fraternity pin · fraternization · fraternize · fraternizer · fratery · fratricidal · fratricide · fratry

WORDS THAT END LIKE FRATERNAL

bimaternal · carnal · cisternal · confraternal · contubernal · cothurnal · diurnal · hibernal · hodiernal · house journal · semidiurnal · supernal · tarnal · trade journal · urnal · vernal

Synonyms and antonyms of fraternal in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «fraternal» into 25 languages

TRANSLATOR

TRANSLATION OF FRATERNAL

Find out the translation of fraternal to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of fraternal from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fraternal» in English.
zh

Translator English - Chinese

兄弟
1,325 millions of speakers
es

Translator English - Spanish

fraterna
570 millions of speakers
en

English

fraternal
510 millions of speakers
hi

Translator English - Hindi

भाईचारे
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

أخوي
280 millions of speakers
ru

Translator English - Russian

братская
278 millions of speakers
pt

Translator English - Portuguese

fraternal
270 millions of speakers
bn

Translator English - Bengali

ভ্রাতৃসংক্রান্ত
260 millions of speakers
fr

Translator English - French

fraternel
220 millions of speakers
ms

Translator English - Malay

Persaudaraan
190 millions of speakers
de

Translator English - German

brüderlich
180 millions of speakers
ja

Translator English - Japanese

兄弟の
130 millions of speakers
ko

Translator English - Korean

형제
85 millions of speakers
jv

Translator English - Javanese

Prawan
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

như anh em
80 millions of speakers
ta

Translator English - Tamil

உடன்பிறந்த
75 millions of speakers
mr

Translator English - Marathi

भ्रातृव्रत
75 millions of speakers
tr

Translator English - Turkish

kardeşçe
70 millions of speakers
it

Translator English - Italian

fraterno
65 millions of speakers
pl

Translator English - Polish

braterska
50 millions of speakers
uk

Translator English - Ukrainian

братська
40 millions of speakers
ro

Translator English - Romanian

fratern
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αδελφική
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

broederlike
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

broder
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

broderlig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fraternal

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FRATERNAL»

Principal search tendencies and common uses of fraternal
List of principal searches undertaken by users to access our English online dictionary and most widely used expressions with the word «fraternal».

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

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9 QUOTES WITH «FRATERNAL»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word fraternal.
1
Elliott Abrams
There are examples of fraternal dictatorships, or one, anyway: the passing of power from Fidel to Raul Castro.
2
Mackenzie Astin
There is a healthy fraternal rivalry, but nothing serious and we both have been looking for a project to do together. I guess he may direct me in a project some day.
3
Charles Horton Cooley
Between richer and poorer classes in a free country a mutually respecting antagonism is much healthier than pity on the one hand and dependence on the other, as is, perhaps, the next best thing to fraternal feeling.
4
Samuel Gompers
Time is the most valuable thing on earth: time to think, time to act, time to extend our fraternal relations, time to become better men, time to become better women, time to become better and more independent citizens.
5
Chris Van Hollen
I have been privileged to have the opportunity to work with many of African American fraternal and social organizations that are active in my congressional district. They all do important work that makes a tangible difference to the quality of life in our community.
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Sandy Koufax
There is among us a far closer relationship than the purely social one of a fraternal organization because we are bound together not only by a single interest but by a common goal. To win. Nothing else matters, and nothing else will do.
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Norman Lamm
I was not the midwife of the Law School, but its fraternal twin.
8
Logan Marshall-Green
I'd be honored to be in the same sentence as Tom Hardy. I've been a twin since the day I was born - fraternal, but we look a lot alike - so I've already been mixed up with another man my entire life.
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Conrad Veidt
My birth neither shook the German Empire nor caused much of an upheaval in the home. It pleased mother, caused father a certain amount of pride and my elder brother the usual fraternal jealousy of a hitherto only son.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FRATERNAL»

Discover the use of fraternal in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fraternal and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Discovering Friendly and Fraternal Societies: Their Badges ...
Although often grouped under the misleading umbrella title of 'Masonic', this book describes the history of the vast range of friendly and fraternal societies, their badges and regalia.
Victoria Solt Dennis, 2005
2
Fraternal Capital: Peasant-workers, Self-made Men, and ...
These are not just major contributions to our knowledge of clusters and industrial districts, they are also very useful contributions to the critical understanding of globalised capital.
Sharad Chari, 2004
3
From Mutual Aid to the Welfare State: Fraternal Societies ...
Despite the stereotypical image of the lodge as the exclusiv David Beito's book establishes the enormous impact of fraternal societies on the social lives and fiscal circumstances of millions of Americans between 1890 and 1967.
David T. Beito, 2000
4
Fraternal organizations
"an entertaining and informative history of the place of fraternal organizations in American culture. Recommended for academic and larger public libraries." Library Journal
Alvin J. Schmidt, Nicholas Babchuk, 1980
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Ukraine & Russia: A Fraternal Rivalry
Journalist Anatol Lieven here explores the complex ethnic and political relationship of Ukraine and Russia.
Anatol Lieven, 1999
6
What a Mighty Power We Can be: African American Fraternal ...
Using an unprecedented variety of secondary and primary sources--including old documents, pictures, and ribbon-badges found in eBay auctions--this book tells the story of the most visible African American fraternal associations.
Theda Skocpol, Ariane Liazos, Marshall Ganz, 2006
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The International Encyclopedia of Secret Societies and ...
Provides information on a wide variety of secret societies and orders around the world, including the Knights Templar, the Hell Fire Club, the Ordo Templis Orientis, and the Freemasons
Alan Axelrod, 1997
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The Emerson Brothers : A Fraternal Biography in Letters: A ...
This is an extensive correspondence, for not counting Waldo's previously published letters, there are 768 letters exchanged among the brothers and an additional 483 unpublished letters from the brothers to their aunt Mary Moody Emerson, ...
State University of New York Ronald A. Bosco Distinguished University Professor of English and American Literature University at Albany, Emeritus University of South Carolina Joel Myerson Carolina Distinguished Professor of American Literature, 2005
9
Gender and Fraternal Orders in Europe, 1300-2000
What have medieval nuns, parrot shooting, Freemasonry, and Shetland revelry got in common?
Máire Fedelma Cross, 2010
10
Fraternal Bonds
Fraternal Bonds is a Massachusetts based murder mystery.
Thomas Donahue, 2012

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FRATERNAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fraternal is used in the context of the following news items.
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I've Got Your Missing Links Right Here (11 July 2015)
Two pairs of identical twins were mixed up at birth and raised as two pairs of fraternal twins. Then they found each other. It's the plot of Comedy ... «National Geographic, Jul 15»
2
Fraternal organisation helps Bewdley church's fundraising appeal
Members of the Beau Castle Lodge of the Royal Antediluvian Order of Buffaloes – a fraternal organisation similar to the Freemasons – recently donated £100 to ... «Worcester News, Jul 15»
3
The Mixed-Up Brothers of Bogotá
He felt closer, in many ways, to Brian than he did to his fraternal twin brother, Wilber. .... The formation of fraternal twins is far more mundane. «New York Times, Jul 15»
4
Northeast/Fraternal Northwest advances to Senior Little League …
David Waier and his Midland Northeast/Fraternal Northwest teammates will know the fields at next week's Senior Little League state ... «Midland Daily News, Jul 15»
5
Fraternal Northwest 11's beat Westown in district elimination game
Fraternal Northwest's All-Stars stayed alive in the 11-and-under Little League baseball district tournament at their home fields on Wednesday, ... «Midland Daily News, Jul 15»
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Gene Ryan, President of Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #3
... Baltimore Police Department and move both our Department and City forward."--Gene Ryan, President of Fraternal Order of Police Lodge #3. «Baltimore Sun, Jul 15»
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Northeast beats Fraternal NW in 11U Little League district tournament
Northeast beat host Fraternal Northwest 12-5 Tuesday on the first day of the 11-and-under Little League Baseball district tournament. «Midland Daily News, Jul 15»
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Police union blasts commanders in 'after action review' of riot
The Fraternal Order of Police released its "after action report" on the police response to rioting in the city, including recommendations for how ... «Baltimore Sun, Jul 15»
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The Bee Gees perfected fraternal harmonies way before going disco
In the English invasion of pop music, their powerful fraternal harmonies carried them through the decade. Robin was the lead singer, Barry ... «A.V. Club Denver/Boulder, Jul 15»
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Northeast/Fraternal Northwest set to host Senior Little League state …
When the Senior Little League Baseball state tournament comes to the newly constructed Northeast/Fraternal Northwest Junior/Senior LL ... «Midland Daily News, Jul 15»
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