archconfraternity

American

[ahrch-kon-fruh-tur-ni-tee] / ˌɑrtʃ kɒn frəˈtɜr nɪ ti /

noun

Roman Catholic Church.

PLURAL

archconfraternities

a confraternity having the right to associate itself with confraternities that are similar to it, and to impart to them its privileges and indulgences.

Etymology

Origin of archconfraternity

From the Italian word arciconfraternità, dating back to 1630–40. See arch- ¹, confraternity

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More than 200 Milwaukee merchants had launched a cooperative drive, sparked by the "Milwaukee Archconfraternity of Christian Mothers," a Roman Catholic group which has already plastered city buses and streetcars with 1,200 posters bearing its slogan: Put Christ Back Into Christmas.

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