as in familial
of, relating to, or befitting brothers there was a fraternal bond between the two boys all throughout their school years

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Recent Examples on the Web The firm aimed to take the social welfare mission of fraternal organizations and implement it on a grander scale. Victor Luckerson, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 Sep. 2024 The Odd Fellows Building was constructed in 1913 and was once home to the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows, a Black fraternal organization, according to the Library of Congress. Kristal Dixon, Axios, 2 Aug. 2024 The Knights of Columbus, the largest international Catholic fraternal organization, recently awarded a $100,000 prize to Gerard Hammond. Victor Gaetan, Foreign Affairs, 22 Sep. 2017 John Belushi died [of an overdose], but there was something, a value system that was much more fraternal, in the sense of whatever gets you through the night or who might have judged what somebody else does as long as people show up on time, can do their job, whatever. Lacey Rose, The Hollywood Reporter, 24 Sep. 2024 See all Example Sentences for fraternal 

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“Fraternal.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fraternal. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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