noun
Meaning 1
A fraternity, a society or association.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
sodality
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Pronunciation
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UK: /səʊˈdæl.ɪ.ti/
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US: /soʊˈdæl.ɪ.ti/
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noun
Meaning 2
Companionship.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
Spiritual communion with a divine being; a fellowship.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Christianity
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
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noun
Meaning 4
people engaged in a particular occupation
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the medical fraternity
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: brotherhood, fraternity
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: class, stratum, social class, socio-economic class
History
Etymology
From the French sodalité or its etymon, the Latin sodālitās, from sodālis (“companion”).
Across languages
Translations
8 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: братство (bratstvo) — fraternity
- French: sodalité — fraternity
- Greek: αδελφότητα (adelfótita) — fraternity
- Manx: braaraghys — fraternity
- Middle English: kynrede — fraternity
- Serbo-Croatian: bratstvo — fraternity
- Serbo-Croatian: sodalitet — fraternity
- Spanish: sodalidad — fraternity