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confrerie

confrerie noun: brotherhood, association.

Noun

confrerie (plural confreries)

  1. brotherhood, association
    • Some worker confréries, such as those of the carpenters, hatmakers, polishers, and secondhand clothes dealers, tried to obtain formal legitimation in the eighteenth century.1996, Steven L. Kaplan, The Bakers of Paris and the Bread Question, 1700-1775, page 269

Forms of confrerie

pluralconfreries

Origin of confrerie

From French confrérie.

Questions about confrerie

What does confrerie mean?
Confrerie means brotherhood, association.
What part of speech is confrerie?
Confrerie is a noun.
What is the plural of confrerie?
The plural of confrerie is confreries.

Words near confrerie in the dictionary

  1. confraternity
  2. confraternization
  3. confraters
  4. confrere
  5. confreres
  6. confrerie
  7. confreries
  8. confront
  9. confront one's demons
  10. confrontable
  11. confrontal

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