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brotherhood

[bruhth-er-hood] / ˈbrʌð ərˌhʊd /


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The code of silence baked into the Greek life brotherhood was broken after his dramatic arrest.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026

"But I'd like to think the UK and the US would be together for those 250 years. Oh, yeah, it's a good brotherhood."

From BBC ● Jul. 3, 2026

The brotherhood was founded in 1970 by Lefebvre, a French bishop.

From Barron's ● Jul. 1, 2026

We have like a brotherhood and a friendship in real life.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 11, 2026

He knew about men laying down their lives for this brotherhood.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray

The ceremonies see brotherhoods of “nazarenos,” or penitents, with tall conical hats, monkish robes and hoods carrying or escorting the magnificent carriages through ancient streets of cities and towns nationwide.

From Seattle Times ● Mar. 31, 2023

The leaders of Senegal’s influential Muslim brotherhoods on Sunday urged protesters to show restraint in the days ahead.

From Washington Times ● Mar. 8, 2021

Jia Zhangke takes an empathetic look at criminal brotherhoods in China in his new gangster film Ash Is Purest White.

From Slate ● Apr. 4, 2019

Gulen and his followers have advocated a conservative Islamic lifestyle mixed with Turkish nationalism, high education standards and — unlike many Muslim brotherhoods — a selectively pro-Western worldview.

From New York Times ● Apr. 13, 2017

There were groceries and herbal shops, clothing shops and laundries, halls that housed the brotherhoods or the district associations or the offices of family clans.

From "Dragonwings" by Laurence Yep


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