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Confraternity

1910 New Catholic Dictionary

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(Latin: con, together; frater, brother)

A brotherhood; a guild; a sodality; in canon law, a voluntary association of the faithful, established and guided by competent ecclesiastical authority for the promotion of special works of Christian charity or piety.

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Entry for 'Confraternity'. 1910 New Catholic Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ncd/​c/confraternity.html. 1910.
 
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