fraternal
adjective
fra·ter·nal
frə-ˈtər-nᵊl 
1
a
: of, relating to, or involving brothers
fraternal love
b
: of, relating to, or being a fraternity or society
a fraternal order
a fraternal chapter house
2
: derived from two ova : dizygotic
fraternal twins
Examples of fraternal in a Sentence
He belonged to a fraternal organization.
There was a fraternal feeling among the troops.
Recent Examples on the Web
List current and former memberships in civic, fraternal, legal or social organizations.
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Jean Marie Middleton, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2024
Imagine Millennial filmmakers asserting a new neorealism to examine the intimate, fraternal, and familial relations of those infamous Martin, Brown, and Floyd reprobates.
—Armond White, National Review, 19 June 2024
By contrast, about six out of ten absolve themselves of any responsibility whatsoever for the deaths of people from a fraternal nation in which many of them have relatives and acquaintances.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 1 Feb. 2023
The Guardians is a Black police officers’ fraternal organization that the mayor used to head in the 1990s.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2024
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Jean Marie Middleton, Sun Sentinel, 26 June 2024
Imagine Millennial filmmakers asserting a new neorealism to examine the intimate, fraternal, and familial relations of those infamous Martin, Brown, and Floyd reprobates.
—Armond White, National Review, 19 June 2024
By contrast, about six out of ten absolve themselves of any responsibility whatsoever for the deaths of people from a fraternal nation in which many of them have relatives and acquaintances.
—Andrei Kolesnikov, Foreign Affairs, 1 Feb. 2023
The Guardians is a Black police officers’ fraternal organization that the mayor used to head in the 1990s.
—Chris Sommerfeldt, New York Daily News, 5 Mar. 2024
See all Example Sentences for fraternal
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fraternal
adjective
fra·ter·nal
frə-ˈtərn-ᵊl
1
a
: of or relating to brothers
b
: of, relating to, or being a fraternity
Medical Definition
fraternal
adjective
fra·ter·nal
frə-ˈtərn-ᵊl
: derived from two ova : dizygotic
fraternal twins
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