Fraternity
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Fraternity is a word for brotherhood, and by extension deep friendship or camaraderie. It may refer to:
- A secret society, monastic or chivalric order
- A bachelor band
- Some types of student society, social organizations of students of higher education:
- Fraternities and sororities in Canada and the United States
- Social fraternities and sororities, formed specifically for the purpose of developing friendships
- Honor societies, organizations in which membership recognizes scholastic excellence
- Professional fraternities, organizations which promote fellowship among those in a particular academic discipline or career field
- Service fraternities and sororities, organizations whose primary purpose is community service
- informally, a fraternity or sorority house, group housing for members of a fraternity or sorority
- Student corporations in Europe
- Studentenverbindung
- Nations at Swedish universities
- Ordine goliardico
- Tuna
- Fraternities and sororities in the Philippines
- Fraternities and sororities in Canada and the United States
- Benefit society, mutual aid society
- Friendly society, for a common financial or social purpose, e.g. Independent Order of Odd Fellows
- Fraternal and service organizations, e.g. Knights of Columbus or Freemasonry
- A social club
- Fraternity (band) ~ Australian rock group from the early 1970s, featuring AC/DC's Bon Scott
- Fraternity Records, a record label
[edit] See also
- Brotherhood
- freeorder
- Liberté, égalité, fraternité, the motto of the French Republic
- The Fraternity a 2001 Canadian film about a circle of friends.
[edit] External links
- Mygreeknet: The Fraternity and Sorority Greek Community Online
- Greekopedia: A wiki for Fraternities and Sororities
- Fundraisers for Greek Organizations
- German fraternity
- FrattingHard.com: A Commentary on the College Fraternity Lifestyle
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