| 单词 | letter of brotherhood |
| 释义 | > as lemmasletter of brotherhood letter of brotherhood n. now historical a letter of acknowledgement granted by a religious order to its benefactors or adherents, entitling them to share in the benefits of the prayers and good works of the order; cf. letters of fraternity at fraternity n. 4. ΘΚΠ society > faith > church government > monasticism > [noun] > letter of fraternity letters of fraternityc1330 letter of brotherreda1500 letter of brotherheada1525 letter of brotherhood1528 1528 Test. of Richard Clerke in C. W. Foster Lincoln Wills (1918) II. 89 To the Frerys Observantes of Newarke,..to get me a letter of brotherhode for me and my wyff. 1704 tr. D. F. Navarette Acct. Empire of China iv. iv, in Coll. Voy. & Trav. I. 157/2 In Religious Orders it is customary to give Letters of Brotherhood to their Devotes and Benefactors. 1881 R. W. Cochran-Patrick Charters of Friars Preachers of Ayr 35 The said prior and convent..giving formal letters of brotherhood, with recommendation of the general chapter of their order. 1973 F. Blom tr. T. de la Torre in Sewanee Rev. 81 557 He was married to an honorable and devoted woman, and the two of them had a Letter of Brotherhood and were brothers of our Order in Spain. 1997 M. Robson Franciscans Medieval Custody York 26 He also had a letter of brotherhood from St Robert at Knaresborough and described himself as a brother of that house. < as lemmas |
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