Thesaurus results for FRATERNAL

fraternal

adjective

frə-ˈtər-nᵊl

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 In the same year, President Franklin D. Roosevelt and Congress made it into a federal holiday, largely because of lobbying done by the Knights of Columbus, a Catholic fraternal and charitable organization. —

Fernando Cervantes Jr., USA TODAY, 14 Oct. 2024 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 See all Example Sentences for fraternal