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- DictionaryCon·fra·ter·ni·ty/ˌkänfrəˈtərnədē/
noun
- 1. a brotherhood, especially with a charitable or religious purpose.
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- Confraternity
Generally a Roman Catholic or Orthodox voluntary association of lay people
A confraternity is generally a Christian voluntary association of laypeople created for the purpose of promoting special works of Christian charity or piety, and approved by the Church hierarchy. They are most common among Roman Catholics, Lutherans, Anglicans, and the Western Orthodox. When a Catholic confraternity has received the authority to aggregate to itself groups erected in other localiti... Wikipedia
