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fraternal

[fruh-tur-nl] / frəˈtɜr nl /
ADJECTIVE
brotherly
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After the two wed and have their first child, Agnes becomes pregnant with fraternal twins, a boy and a girl.

From Salon

The fraternal gathering of men, costumed in Jérôme Kaplan’s chic, postmodern take on toga-party garb, is vividly spurred by Bernstein’s evocative composition—for strings, percussion and solo violin.

From The Wall Street Journal

On the opposite end of the parkway is its fraternal twin, the “rainbow” bed — a free-for-all of colorful plants.

From Los Angeles Times

That kind of fraternal family dynamic was something that Ronan Day-Lewis was keen to explore, when writing the script with his father.

From BBC

Freemasonry is a centuries-old fraternal organisation with about six million members worldwide, including more than 200,000 in England and Wales.

From BBC