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Brethren

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

n. A plural of brother.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

n. Plural form of brother.

n. the body of members, especially of a fraternal, religious or military order

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

n. pl. of brother.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

n. Plural of brother. See phrases under brother.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

n. (plural) the lay members of a male religious order

Word Usage

"Many similar historical testimonies now lying before me to the humble equality of the New Testament ministry could be added; but lest the reader become weary, I will conclude with the following beautiful description from D'Aubigne in his noted History of the Reformation: "The church was in the beginning a community of brethren, guided by a few of the _brethren_.""

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

religious order sect religious sect

Cross Reference

nun sistren sisterhood brother siblings brotherhood friar fraternity frater Brethren

Variant

brother

Same Context

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