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Christian Brothers

British

plural noun

Also called: Brothers of the Christian Schools. RC Church a religious congregation of laymen founded in France in 1684 for the education of the poor

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At Christian Brothers High, he played varsity as a freshman and was team captain as a sophomore.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

Mr Dunleavy also taught at St Aiden's Christian Brothers Primary School off the Whiterock Road in west Belfast between 1973 and 1977, later becoming its headmaster between 1980 and 1985.

From BBC • Sep. 2, 2024

“He had his whole life to live,” Christian Brothers football coach Larry Morla said.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 14, 2022

Their roots stretched back to Downey and Lynott’s time at the Christian Brothers school in Crumlin, Dublin, in the 1960s.

From The Guardian • Oct. 22, 2020

Christian Brothers looked like a bottle of wine: it had a long, slender spout and a simple off-white label.

From "Blink" by Malcolm Gladwell

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