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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
brethren /ˈbreðrən/ archaic plural of brother
▶plural noun fellow Christians or members of a male religious order.



Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
brother/ˈbrʌðə(r)/
▶noun
  • 1 a man or boy in relation to other sons and daughters of his parents.
  • 2 a male associate or fellow member of an organization.
  • 3 N. Amer. informal a black man.
  • 4 something which resembles or is equivalent to another.
  • 5 (pl. also brethren) Christian Church a (male) fellow Christian.

    ■ a member of a religious order of men.

▶exclamation chiefly N. Amer. used to express annoyance or surprise.
– derivatives
brotherliness noun,
brotherly adjective.
– origin OE brōthor, of Gmc origin.



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