Fraternal

fra-tėr′nal, adj. belonging to a brother or brethren: becoming brothers.— ns. Frate (frä′te), a friar:— pl. Frä′ti ; Frā′ter , a friar: comrade; Frater′cula , a genus of marine diving-birds, the puffins or masked auks.— adv. Frater′nally .— n. Fraternisā′tion , the a ociating as brethren.— v.i. Frat′ernise , to a ociate as brothers: to seek brotherly fellowship.— ns. Frat′erniser ; Frater′nity , the state of being brethren: a society formed on a principle of brotherhood; Frat′ry , the common-room of a monastic establishment, the chapter-house—also Frat′ery : a fraternity: a convent of friars. [Fr.,—Low L. fraternal is — frater , a brother, Eng. brother , Gr. phratēr , a clansman, Sans. bhrāta .]