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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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Last year, he moved to North Carolina for a job with Christian Brothers Automotive, making $23 an hour and working more than 50 hours a week as a mainline technician, primarily servicing BMWs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

And, even stranger, it's one of only 35 such sweaters ever made for St Mary's Christian Brothers Grammar School.

From BBC • Oct. 6, 2023

He got his start in football in Sacramento, playing as a tight end star at Christian Brothers High School, where he was a Sacramento Bee All-Metro and All-Decade performer.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 14, 2022

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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