Brothership vs. Brotherhood

By Jaxson

  • Brothership (noun)

    The state of being brothers; brotherhood.

  • Brotherhood (noun)

    The state of being brothers or a brother.

  • Brotherhood (noun)

    An association for any purpose, such as a society of monks; a fraternity.

  • Brotherhood (noun)

    The whole body of persons engaged in the same business, especially those of the same profession

    “the legal brotherhood”

    “the medical brotherhood”

  • Brotherhood (noun)

    People, or (poetically) things, of the same kind.

Wiktionary
  • Brothership (noun)

    Brotherly affection, fellowship, or relationship; brotherliness, brotherhood.

  • Brotherhood (noun)

    the relationship between brothers

    “the bonds of brotherhood”

  • Brotherhood (noun)

    the feeling of kinship with and closeness to a group of people or all people

    “a gesture of solidarity and brotherhood”

  • Brotherhood (noun)

    an association or community of people linked by a common interest, religion, or trade

    “a religious brotherhood”

  • Brotherhood (noun)

    a trade union

    “the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America”

Oxford Dictionary

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