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fraternal society

American  

noun

  1. a club or other association, usually of men, having a limited membership and devoted to professional, religious, charitable, or social activities.


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His seeking eventually leads him to the doorstep of Lodge 49, a not-so-secret fraternal society that appeals to Dud on two levels.

From Salon • Nov. 3, 2020

In the next two decades, the Knights of Columbus, an international Roman Catholic fraternal society, lobbied state legislatures to declare Oct.

From Washington Times • Oct. 11, 2020

What he came up with was a sort of fraternal society that bowed down to the magic of the game and also to its power to change society.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2019

In her short career, Ms. Ayón developed a virtuoso style of monumental printmaking and took as her subject myths of the Afro-Cuban fraternal society called Abakuá.

From New York Times • Dec. 6, 2017

Oscar saw in imagination whole armies of Swiss collected there, and united in one fraternal society by his efforts, with Fani's help.

From Gritli's Children by Brooks, Louise

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