confraternity means A group with a common interest. It carries an Arena rating of 1530, earned across 97 head-to-head judged battles.
Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, confraternity ranks #1,871 of 17,128 for Most Ponderous Words, #4,175 of 17,126 for Most Satisfying to Say, #4,601 of 17,130 for Most Beautiful Words, #4,863 of 17,127 for Words That Escaped Their Books.
Why “confraternity” is a great word
CONFRATERNITY — [Noun] An organized brotherhood or association, particularly a religious or charitable guild, united by a common devotional or benevolent purpose. Its etymology is from Middle French *confraternité*, from Medieval Latin *confrāternitās*, from Latin *con-* ("together") + *frāter* ("brother") + *-itās* ("-ity"), meaning "brotherhood together"; first attested in English in the late 15th century. Unlike "fraternity," which typically denotes a secular or academic bond, or "society," a broad term for any shared-interest group, a confraternity specifically connotes a sacred pact of mutual aid and ritual obligation. It is the candlelit procession of hooded penitents on a cobbled street, the steady clink of coins in an alms-box for the burial of the poor, and the murmured prayers of the rosary recited in unison—a formal architecture of grace built against the solitary terror of the world.
Etymology
From Middle French confraternité.
noun
- A group with a common interest.
- A religious fraternity or brotherhood.
- Brotherly friendship.
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