confraternity 的定义
plural con·fra·ter·ni·ties.
- a lay brotherhood devoted to some purpose, especially to religious or charitable service.
- a society or organization, especially of men, united for some purpose or in some profession.
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- They, together with one brother, who is their chief, have charge of the government of the said confraternity.
- In the year five hundred and ninety-three, the Confraternity of La Misericordia was started in this city.
- If a member died at a distance from Rome three of the confraternity were sent to fetch the body.
- A chantry of the Confraternity of St. George, built on the north side of the new church, took the place of a north aisle.
- His stay in Limerick was particularly successful, and he founded a religious confraternity of laymen which numbered 5000 members.