Fraternity (philosophy)
In philosophy, fraternity or brotherhood is a kind of ethical relationship between people, which is based on love and solidarity. Fraternity is mentioned in the national motto of France, ''Liberté, égalité, fraternité'' ( Liberty, equality, f ...
or brotherhood, an ethical relationship between people, which is based on love and solidarity
* Fraternity or brotherhood, a male social organization
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Brother
A brother is a man or boy who shares one or more parents with another; a male sibling. The female counterpart is a sister. Although the term typically refers to a familial relationship, it is sometimes used endearingly to refer to non-familia ...
, a male sibling
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Brother (Christian)
A religious brother is a member of a Christian religious institute or religious order who commits himself to following Christ in consecrated life of the Church, usually by the vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. He is a layman, in the sense o ...
, the title used for a monk in certain monastic orders
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Lay brother
Lay brother is a largely extinct term referring to religious brothers, particularly in the Catholic Church, who focused upon manual service and secular matters, and were distinguished from choir monks or friars in that they did not pray in choir, ...
, a monk primarily focused on secular work rather than prayer and worship
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Orthodox brotherhood
Brotherhoods ( uk, братства, bratstva; literally, "fraternities") were the unions of Eastern Orthodox citizens or lay brothers affiliated with individual churches in the cities throughout the Ruthenian part of the Polish–Lithuanian Com ...
, also ''Bratstva'', members of an urban Eastern Orthodox community in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth
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Brotherhood (Order of the Arrow)
The Order of the Arrow (OA) is the honor society of the Boy Scouts of America (BSA), composed of Scouts and Scouters who best exemplify the Scout Oath and Law in their daily lives as elected by their peers. The society was created by E. Urner Go ...
, a membership level in the Boy Scouts of America honor society
* The Brotherhood, a video game company whose publications include the 2015 horror adventure game '' Stasis''
The Love School
''The Love School'' (broadcast in the U.S. as ''The Brotherhood'') is a BBC television drama series originally broadcast in 1975 about the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, written by John Hale, Ray Lawler, Robin Chapman and John Prebble. It was direc ...
'', a 1975 British series also known as ''The Brotherhood''
* '' Brotherhood: Final Fantasy XV'', an original net animation series supplementing ''Final Fantasy XV''
Fiction
* ''The Brotherhood'' (comics), a Marvel series featuring a version of the Brotherhood of Mutants
* The Brotherhood, an organization based on the Communist party in Ralph Ellison's novel ''
Invisible Man
''Invisible Man'' is a novel by Ralph Ellison, published by Random House in 1952. It addresses many of the social and intellectual issues faced by African Americans in the early twentieth century, including black nationalism, the relationship b ...
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The Brotherhood (Nineteen Eighty-Four)
Brotherhood or The Brotherhood may refer to:
Family, relationships, and organizations
* Fraternity (philosophy) or brotherhood, an ethical relationship between people, which is based on love and solidarity
* Fraternity or brotherhood, a male ...
, a fictitious organization in George Orwell's novel ''Nineteen-Eighty Four''
*'' Star Wars: Brotherhood'', a 2022 novel by
Mike Chen
Chen Xing (born 1980 or 1981), better known as Mike "Mikey" Xing Chen, is a Chinese-born American YouTuber. A former staff member of New Tang Dynasty Television's YouTube channel Off the Great Wall, Chen is notable for his YouTube channel Stri ...
* The Brotherhood, a professional wrestling tag team composed of
Cody and Dustin Rhodes
Cody and Dustin Rhodes (also known as Cody Rhodes and Goldust, The Brotherhood, The Rhodes Brothers, and Gold and Stardust) were an American professional wrestling tag team consisting of Cody Rhodes and Dustin Rhodes. They are also known for t ...
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Brotherhood (Ukrainian political party)
The Brotherhood, Fraternity ( uk, Братство, Bratstvo) is a Ukrainian political party led by Dmytro Korchynsky. Registered by the Ministry of Justice on 5 August 2004. The party represents itself: "Party of Jesus Christ, National Christi ...
, a Ukrainian national Christian anarchist political party
* ''The Brotherhood,'' a 1984 expose of Freemasonry by Stephen Knight
* The Brotherhood, an alternative name for the Brodhull, an assembly for representatives of the Cinque Ports, a historic confederation of towns in England
Sodality
In Christian theology, a sodality, also known as a syndiakonia, is a form of the "Universal Church" expressed in specialized, task-oriented form as opposed to the Christian church in its local, diocesan form (which is termed ''modality''). In Eng ...
Sisterhood (disambiguation)
Sisterhood may refer to:
* Relating to sisters, female siblings
Film
* ''The Sisterhood'' (1988 film), an American film directed by Cirio H. Santiago
* ''The Sisterhood'' (2004 film), an American film directed by David DeCoteau
* ''Sisterho ...