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 Connor KC told the jury that one complainant was in his 11-Plus year at Armagh Christian Brothers Primary School around 1965/66.

From BBC • Sep. 2, 2024

Clark worked as a campus safety officer at Christian Brothers University after retiring from a career as a corrections officer.

From Seattle Times • Mar. 27, 2023

Mine was a Catholic school run by the Christian Brothers, an Irish order whose servants did not intervene in our casual delinquency.

From Washington Post • Feb. 10, 2022

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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