Fra-tēr'ni-ty, n.
n. [Fr. fraternité, Pr. fraternitat, Sp. fraternidad, It. fraternità, Lat. fraternitas.]
Sense 1. The state or quality of being fraternal or brotherly; brotherhood.
Sense 2. A body of men associated for their common interest, business, or pleasure; a company; a brotherhood; a society; a community of men of the same class, profession, occupation, or character.
With what terms of respect knaves and sots will speak of their own fraternity! South.