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   Fra·ter·nal

   /frəˈtərn(ə)l/

   

   adjective

   • 1. of or like a brother or brothers: "his lack of fraternal feeling shocked me"
   • ▪ of or denoting an organization or order for people, especially men, that have common interests or beliefs: "a network of political clubs and fraternal organizations"
   • 2. (of twins) developed from separate ova and therefore genetically distinct and not necessarily of the same sex or more similar than other siblings.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from medieval Latin fraternalis, from Latin fraternus, from frater ‘brother’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. fraternalism noun
   • 2. fraternally adverb

   Scrabble Points: 12

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