fraternal
adjective
of or befitting a brother or brothers; brotherly.
fraternalism
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a word derived from
fraternal.
Example Sentences
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Gastroenterologist William Haubrich of La Jolla, Calif., protested that proffering a bill to a fellow doctor smacks of commercialism and erodes the strong feelings of fraternalism in the medical community.
From Time Magazine Archive
Almost all of Merrill Lynch's investment banking business comes from new, medium-sized companies, which prefer service to fraternalism.
From Time Magazine Archive
But what he has in mind cannot be expected in the absence of a spirit which is made manifest in real fraternalism conjoined with faithful devotion to intelligent convictions of duty.
From The Arena Volume 18, No. 93, August, 1897 by Various
Indeed it is the organization of charity during the Thirteenth Century that represents the best feature of its fraternalism.
From The Thirteenth Greatest of Centuries by James J. (James Joseph) Walsh
To know this truth is to feel a tenderness, a kindliness, a spirit of fraternalism, toward every manifestation of this universal life.
From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 01 Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great by Elbert Hubbard
