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fraternal
 
SYLLABICATION:fra·ter·nal
PRONUNCIATION:  fr-tûrnl
ADJECTIVE:1a. Of or relating to brothers: a close fraternal tie. b. Showing comradeship; brotherly. 2. Of or constituting a fraternity: a fraternal association. 3. Biology Of, relating to, or being a twin developed from two separately fertilized ova; dizygotic.
ETYMOLOGY:Middle English, from Old French fraternel, from Medieval Latin frternlis, from Latin frternus, from frter, brother. See bhrter- in Appendix I.
OTHER FORMS:fra·ternal·ism —NOUN
fra·ternal·ly —ADVERB
 
 
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