Definition of fraternal Fraternal

/fɹʌtɚˈnʌl/ - [fruternul] - fra•ter•nal

We found 13 definitions of fraternal from 4 different sources.

What does fraternal mean?

Adjective
fraternal - of or relating to a fraternity or society of usually men; "a fraternal order"
fraternal - (of twins) derived from two separate fertilized ova; "fraternal twins are biovular"
		biovular
fraternal - like or characteristic of or befitting a brother; "brotherly feelings"; "close fraternal ties"
		brotherly, brotherlike

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fraternal (Adjective)
Of brothers fraternal twins.
fraternal (Adjective)
Related through a brother fraternal nephew.
fraternal (Adjective)
In need of a brother or sister or friend.
fraternal (Adjective)
Like brothers fraternal cousins.
fraternal (Adjective)
Brotherly, befitting or of a brother or brothers.
fraternal (Adjective)
Friendly or brotherly e. g. fraternal relations between socialist parties in different countries.
fraternal (Adjective)
Being or of a society of men linked in brotherly union of general fraternal society .
fraternal (Adjective)
platonic as fraternal love - brotherly love.

fraternal (a.)
Pf, pertaining to, or involving, brethren; becoming to brothers; brotherly; as, fraternal affection; a fraternal embrace.

fraternal
fra-tėr′nal, adj. belonging to a brother or brethren: becoming brothers.—ns. Frate (frä′te), a friar:—pl. Frä′ti; Frā′ter, a friar: comrade; Frater′cula, a genus of marine diving-birds, the puffins or masked auks.—adv. Frater′nally.—n. Fraternisā′tion, the associating as brethren.—v.i. Frat′ernise, to associate as brothers: to seek brotherly fellowship.—ns. Frat′erniser; Frater′nity, the state of being brethren: a society formed on a principle of brotherhood; Frat′ry, the common-room of a monastic establishment, the chapter-house—also Frat′ery: a fraternity: a convent of friars. [Fr.,—Low L. fraternalis—frater, a brother, Eng. brother, Gr. phratēr, a clansman, Sans. bhrāta.]