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fraternity

/fruh-tur-ni-tee/US // frəˈtɜr nɪ ti //UK // (frəˈtɜːnɪtɪ) //

兄弟会,博爱,博爱会,友谊会

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Definitions

n.名词 noun
  1. 1

    plural fra·ter·ni·ties.

    • : a local or national organization of male students, primarily for social purposes, usually with secret initiation and rites and a name composed of two or three Greek letters.
    • : a group of persons associated by or as if by ties of brotherhood.
    • : any group or class of persons having common purposes, interests, etc.: the medical fraternity.
    • : an organization of laymen for religious or charitable purposes; sodality.
    • : the quality of being brotherly; brotherhood: liberty, equality, and fraternity.
    • : the relation of a brother or between brothers.

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Examples

  • The school will establish a task force to monitor fraternities and sororities.

  • The video went out after the SEC charged another Amazon employee in 2017 with leaking sensitive information a fraternity brother so the pair could make an illegal profit.

  • Then fraternities, sororities, and independent living groups joined in to build their living communities.

  • When the male soccer fraternity banned women from playing in 1921, it effectively quashed the competition.

  • Incredibly enough, another overlooked scope for the Crusader State armies relates to the bevy of urban militias who formed their own fraternities.

  • Inside Higher Ed opened the question of banning frats in September after some schools began suspending fraternity activities.

  • And an anonymous junior in a fraternity at Emory University feels similarly.

  • And how do fraternity members feel about their organizations being on the chopping block?

  • A sobering article on gang rape inside a UVA fraternity has Wahoo alumni like myself up in arms.

  • From speaking with USC fraternity brothers, it almost seems worse for the boys.

  • The Colorado resort fairly dripped with wealthy tourists and members of the sporting fraternity from everywhere.

  • The records of the church contain a singularly picturesque representation of the ancient customs of the fraternity.

  • In others where the expression continued in use the institution changed its character and became simply a religious fraternity.

  • We are ready for those noblemen and clergymen, for all the tonsured fraternity and their bishop to boot!

  • The fraternity had its common seal, and the ordinary powers and privileges of corporations.