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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
      • Burschenschaft
      • Corps
      • Landsmannschaft
      • Turnerschaft
    • Nations at Swedish universities
    • Ordine goliardico
    • Tuna
  • Fraternities and sororities in the Philippines
• 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

[edit] See also

• Brotherhood
• Fraternization
• Scintilla Juris Fraternity
• freeorder
• Liberté, égalité, fraternité, the motto of the French Republic
• The Fraternity a 2001 Canadian film about a circle of friends.

[edit] External links

• Greekopedia: A wiki for Fraternities and Sororities
• Fundraisers for Greek Orginizations
• German fraternity

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