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A male person who has the same father and mother with another person, or who has one of them only. In the latter case he is more definitely called a half brother, or brother of the half blood.
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One related or closely united to another by some common tie or interest, as of rank, profession, membership in a society, toil, suffering, etc.; -- used among judges, clergymen, monks, physicians, lawyers, professors of religion, etc.
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a man who is a member of a religious order, but is not ordained. A Brother takes vows of poverty, chastity and obedience. He usually lives in community and is involved in some form of ministry or an apostolate.
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A male sibling, or a half brother, stepbrother, brother-in-law, husband of a sister-in-law, or a "Brother" in the Church (more common in Protestant terminology). This term is also sometimes used to show close friendship and has nothing to do with a family relationship.
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term used by Section member when referring to one another.
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all monks were addressed as brothers.
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A male who is either a Member, Associate, Junior, Honorary Member or Life Member of the Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War.
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An active member of a fraternity.
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a male with the same parents as someone else; "my brother still lives with our parents"
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a male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion of other group); "none of his brothers would betray him"
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(Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a monk and used as form of address; "a Benedictine Brother"
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a fellow believer
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a fellow Christian, one who is part of the family of God, one who has believed in Christ and now is functioning as part of the Body of Christ
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a lay religious who professes vows of poverty, chastity and obedience
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a male member of a religious community
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a male who shares a father and a mother with the person being referenced
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a man who belongs to a religious community and serves the Church in a variety of ways, but is not ordained to the Priesthood
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a neighbor, but he/sh is also a fellow member of the church, and the two are to be treated differently in one sense
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a substitute father and mother, the assistant of the pastors of the Church, replaces soldiers and police officers
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a synonym for an African-American male
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a Veteran, Soldier, Sailor, or Marine, Coast Guardsman, Seaman, Airman Blue, Marine or Soldier Green
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a vowed member of a religious community of men within the Church
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A male member of the Moravian Church, regardless of whether single, married, or widowed. The title signifies close spiritual affection and unity. The term is used among Moravians as a form of address, but does not mean that the person so called is a monk or professed member of a religious order.
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Term that fraternity members call each other.
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Male sibling. See debtor.
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The term used by active members in a fraternity when referring to each other.
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Term used by Fraternities for its members when referring to one another.
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A term used by initiated members in a fraternity when referring to each other.
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a male having the same parents as another sibling; a male in the community; a male in a religious order.
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title given to vowed religious of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. Comparable to titles such as 'Sister,' 'Father,' 'Reverend,' it is commonly used in other religious orders to denote a vowed religious who is not an ordained priest.
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An initiated member of a fraternity.
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Term used when referring to another member of the fraternity.
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A term used within a men's fraternity when referring to other members or new members.
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term used by fraternity members when referring to each other.
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A man who is a member of a religious order, but is not ordained or studying for the priesthood.
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a fellow black Marine; sometimes used as slang for all black males
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A term used by fraternity members to refer to one another.
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