blood brotherhood
Americannoun
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the relationship or status of blood brothers.
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a community of men whose members are blood brothers.
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any similar relationship or community, such as of nations in a close and steadfast alliance.
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As children, the narrator and two other boys, Bon and Man, swore blood brotherhood and have remained fierce friends.
From New York Times ● Aug. 27, 2015
On an afternoon in the Roaring Twenties they meet again and, after sputtering mistrust, struggle to renew a feeling of blood brotherhood in boundless adventure.
From Time Magazine Archive
Stool Pigeon Sir: Can a man who has sworn blood brotherhood with a group and then "squeals" on them be trusted in anything?
From Time Magazine Archive
Some 8,000 Hurs, the Lurs, are joined in blood brotherhood in fanatic support of Pir of Pagaro, whom they regard as God.
From Time Magazine Archive
Similar ideas inspire the worldwide savage custom of making an artificial "blood brotherhood" by mingling the blood of the contracting parties.
From Myth, Ritual and Religion — Volume 1 by Lang, Andrew
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