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brotherhoods

noun

plural of brotherhood
1
as in organizations
a group of persons formally joined together for some common interest they're a brotherhood of retired war veterans

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2
as in fraternities
the body of people in a profession or field of activity a family that has been part of the brotherhood of police officers for four generations

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Recent Examples of brotherhoods The most recognizable are Semana Santa, or Holy Week, processions during the final week of Lent where brotherhoods and robed penitents parade ornate statues of Christ and the Virgin Mary through cities, towns and villages alongside marching bands. — Nicole Winfield, Los Angeles Times, 7 June 2026 The most recognizable are Holy Week processions during the final week of Lent where brotherhoods and robed penitents parade ornate statues of Christ and the Virgin Mary through cities, towns and villages alongside marching bands. — Nicole Winfield, Chicago Tribune, 7 June 2026 Over this week, 61 Catholic brotherhoods snake through the city along the official parade route to Seville's Gothic cathedral and then back to their home churches. — Alexis Marshall, NPR, 3 Apr. 2026 Those meaningful bonds, or brotherhoods, are constantly at risk of being curtailed. — Sam Blum, New York Times, 22 Mar. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for brotherhoods
  1. organizations
  2. fraternities
  3. associations
  4. corps
  5. societies
  6. professions
  7. institutions
  8. institutes
Noun
  • Aid organizations say the figure is an undercount, and the true number could be many times higher.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 16 Sep. 2026
  • On Tuesday, six MARTA stations hosted nonpartisan organizations to help people get registered to vote on National Voter Registration Day.
    — Emily McLeod, CBS News, 16 Sep. 2026
Definition of organizations
Noun
  • Instead of traditional television advertising, the campaign will convene local civic groups and houses of worship, as well as fraternities and sororities.
    — Matt Brown, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2026
  • The investigation centers on two fraternities, Sigma Chi and Delta Upsilon.
    — Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of fraternities
Noun
  • Kids, hospitals get hurt too Some burdens would shift to homeowner associations.
    — Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Murphy’s gang weren’t really outlaws to begin with — he was imprisoned for defending his daughter from some undercover cops, while Singh (Avi Nash) was arrested for his associations with socialism.
    — Katie Walsh, Los Angeles Times, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of associations
Noun
  • Weiss restocked the program’s correspondent corps with one new full-timer — Ross Douthat, the longtime conservative opinion writer for the New York Times — and several new contributors, none of whom showed up in the premiere.
    — Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 14 Sep. 2026
  • The dean of the group, the highly respected Roble Olhaye of Djibouti, reminded us that the diplomatic corps had been advocating for AGOA for five years.
    — semafor.com, semafor.com, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of corps
Noun
  • The lack of a real-time conversation means many patients aren’t getting the type of care recommended by medical societies that prescribe GLP-1s, including discussions about weight-loss goals, past efforts and eating disorders.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026
  • Medical societies and public health experts have denounced these decisions for lacking evidence.
    — Lauren J. Young, Scientific American, 18 Sep. 2026
Definition of societies
Noun
  • Other people who have these kinds of professions can challenge themselves by not relying on navigation devices, and their brains will likely benefit from it, Wood says.
    — Renée Onque, CNBC, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Looking at passing citizens reveals flavor text about their professions and backgrounds.
    — Gabriel Zamora, PC Magazine, 29 Aug. 2026
Definition of professions
Noun
  • The looming question is whether European leaders, institutions, and citizens can pivot swiftly enough so that the bloc can use its economic heft to take responsibility for its own security.
    — Ben Smith, semafor.com, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Inside the 300,000-square-foot building are more than 1,300 works on view at opening, drawn from the museum’s permanent collection — built largely from Lucas’ decades of collecting — as well as loans from other institutions and private collections.
    — Ryma Chikhoune, Footwear News, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of institutions
Noun
  • Rival Samsung Electronics collaborates with institutes such as Yonsei University, the Korea Advanced Institute for Science and Technology, as well as the Ulsan Institute of Science and Technology.
    — Lim Hui Jie,Miko Jang, CNBC, 15 Sep. 2026
  • Countries typically built these large-scale computers at their national institutes to make scientific breakthroughs and attain economic leadership, while also deploying them for national security measures.
    — Ameya Paleja, Interesting Engineering, 9 Sep. 2026
Definition of institutes

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“Brotherhoods.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/brotherhoods. Accessed 21 Sep. 2026.

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