fraternal society
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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His seeking eventually leads him to the doorstep of Lodge 49, a not-so-secret fraternal society that appeals to Dud on two levels.
From Salon ● Nov. 3, 2020
In the next two decades, the Knights of Columbus, an international Roman Catholic fraternal society, lobbied state legislatures to declare Oct.
From Washington Times ● Oct. 11, 2020
What he came up with was a sort of fraternal society that bowed down to the magic of the game and also to its power to change society.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 25, 2019
And “Lodge 49,” about the collection of beautiful losers in a threadbare fraternal society in Long Beach, Calif., is bursting with reasons to care.
From New York Times ● Aug. 3, 2018
The great enthusiasm of humanity which overthrew the old order and brought in the fraternal society was not primarily or consciously a godward aspiration at all.
From Equality by Edward Bellamy
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