Christian Brothers

plural noun

RC Church a religious congregation of laymen founded in France in 1684 for the education of the poor Also calledBrothers of the Christian Schools

At last, in 1856, as the call to the life of a religious dominated him, he entered the community of the "Christian Brothers."

It was not until the Christian Brothers came, a few years afterwards, that this was changed.

He was of the order of Christian Brothers: a community by no means remarkable for the edification of their manners and demeanour.

What so many curs, Jesuits and Christian Brothers can find to do passes the ordinary comprehension.

There were nine Christian Brothers and eighty-five boys in the building when the fire broke out, but no lives were lost.

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