brotherhood

Everyday

1. Friendship and loyalty between people, like the feeling between brothers. tree →
2. A group or society of people with the same aims or job, such as a religious brotherhood. tree →
3. The relationship of being brothers. tree →

In the lessons

In stories, history and church life it appears in ideas of fairness and peace ("the brotherhood of all people") and in names of groups like monks or trade unions. Phrases: "brotherhood of man", "a sense of brotherhood", "a religious brotherhood".

Examples

• The team felt a strong sense of brotherhood. tree →
• Martin Luther King dreamed of brotherhood between all people. tree →
• The monks lived together as a brotherhood. tree →
• Songs about peace often talk about brotherhood. tree →
• War broke the brotherhood between the two towns. tree →
• Their brotherhood lasted all their lives. tree →
• Hercules was touched with the little man's dauntless courage, and could not help acknowledging such a brotherhood with him as one hero feels for another. tree →

Note

Can be uncountable (a feeling) or countable (a group). Although it says "brother", it often includes everyone; the word "sisterhood" is used for women.

In Jewish tradition

Interpretation: Tradition reads the broken staff "Binders" as the end of unity between Judah and Israel. The prophet shows that the kingdom's bond of kinship was cut. In the primary lessons: In stories, history and church life it appears in ideas of fairness and peace ("the brotherhood of all people") and in names of groups like monks or trade unions. Phrases: "brotherhood of man", "a sense of brotherhood", "a religious brotherhood".

Examples

• Then I cut asunder mine other staff, even Binders, that the brotherhood between Judah and Israel might be broken. (Prophets ZEC.11.14, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Can be uncountable (a feeling) or countable (a group). Although it says "brother", it often includes everyone; the word "sisterhood" is used for women.