B1noun · countable / uncountable · rare

brotherhood

broth·er·hood

brotherhood · brotherhoods

братство, братерство

братство

Bruderschaft, Kammer

The state of being brothers or a brotherThe state of being brothers or a brother (also figuratively).

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UK/ˈbɹʌðəˌhʊd/US/ˈbɹʌðɚˌhʊd/

» Islam is a religion of brotherhood.

Meaning

4 senses

(countable, uncountable)The state of being brothers or a brother (also figuratively).
brotherdom
Bruderschaft
бра́тствоbrátstvo
брате́рствоbratérstvo, бра́тствоbrátstvo
(countable, uncountable)An association of people for any purpose, such as a society of monks; a fraternity.
James formed a kind of brotherhood for ex-pats who were working in Valencia.
Bruderschaft
бра́тствоbrátstvo
брате́рствоbratérstvo, бра́тствоbrátstvo
(countable, uncountable)All the people engaged in the same business, especially those of the same profession
the legal brotherhood
the medical brotherhood
Kammer
people engaged in a particular occupation
(countable, uncountable)People, or (poetically) things, of the same kind.

Examples

19 sentences

Islam is a religion of brotherhood.
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There is not brotherhood between them.
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Long live the brotherhood of all peoples.
deEs lebe die Brüderlichkeit der Völker!
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Communism is only man's dream of brotherhood with others.
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Communism is nothing but man's dream of brotherhood with others.
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Translations

9 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

state of being brothers or a brother:

Русский

By meaning 1

state of being brothers or a brother:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

state of being brothers or a brother:

body of persons engaged in same business:

Origin

From Middle English brotherhod, equivalent to brother + -hood, from earlier brotherhede, a

From Middle English brotherhod, equivalent to brother + -hood, from earlier brotherhede, alteration (influenced by suffixes in -hood, -head) of Early Middle English brotherrede (“brotherhood, fraternity”), from Old English brōþorrǣden (“brotherhood, fellowship”), equivalent to brother + -red (see brotherred). More at brother, -red. Piecewise doublet of friarhood.

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Forms

plural: brotherhoods

Singular	brotherhood
Plural	brotherhoods

regular

Synonyms

14 synonyms

associationA2 fraternity fellowship sodality brethren brolationship brotherness brothership confraternity

Close in meaning

people engaged in a particular occupation:fraternity sodality
an organization of employees formed to bargain with the employer:union labor union trade union trades union

Antonyms

2 antonyms

irrelationshipnon-fraternity

Word family

5 related words

RelatedfriendshipA2 sisterhood

Derivedblackhood blood brotherhood brotherhood-in-arms

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable