Fraternity

Webster's Dictionary of the English Language

·noun The state or quality of being fraternal or brotherly; brotherhood.

II. Fraternity ·noun Men of the same class, profession, occupation, character, or tastes.

III. Fraternity ·noun A body of men associated for their common interest, business, or pleasure; a company; a brotherhood; a society; in the Roman Catholic Chucrch, an association for special religious purposes, for relieving the sick and destitute, ·etc.

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(St.) Anne's Fraternity
There was a fraternity of St. Anne in the church of St. Michael Cornhill, 5 H. IV. (Anc. Deeds, A. 2...

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(St.) John, Fraternity of
Bequest to the fraternity by a member John de Drayton, tailor, 1358 (Ct. H.W. II. 4). Sharpe says t...

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(St.) Thomas, Fraternity of
Bequest to the fraternity of St. Thomas the Martyr at the Conduit of London, 6 Ed. I. (Ct. H.W. I. 2...

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Webbes, Fraternity of
Gift to the Fraternity by John Fich or Fyssh, 1356 (Ct. H.W. I. 689). Webbe = Weaver. ...

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Corpus Christi, Fraternity of
In the Chapel of St. Mary de Coneyhope (q.v.). ...

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Pui, Fraternity of the
A brotherhood of French and English traders in London united for certain charitable purposes and the...

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(St.) Dunstan Fraternity, in the Go1dsmithery
Various bequests were made to the Wardens of this Fraternity in the 13th and 14th centuries. Simon ...

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(St.) Mary atte Bow, Fraternity of
Bequest to this fraternity made in 1361 (Ct. H.W. II. 33). ...

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(St.) Mary de Crichirche, Fraternity of
Bequest to the Fraternity, 1379 (Ct. H.W II. 209). ...

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