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[ breth-rin ] / ˈbrɛð rɪn / SEE SYNONYMS FOR brethren ON THESAURUS.COM
plural nounfellow members. Archaic. brothers. synonym study for brethren1, 2. See brother. Words nearby brethrenBresson, Brest, Brest Litovsk, Bretagne, bretelle, brethren, Breton, Breton lace, Bretonneau, Brett, Bretton Woods Conference Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for brethrenIt was an open secret, and one that discomfited several of his brethren. Ruth Bader Ginsburg Levels With Us on Why She’s Not Retiring|Jeff Greenfield|September 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST He is now sure to become a folk hero among his brethren on high steel. Hero or Criminal? James Brady, the WTC Ironworker Who Jumped Off the Building|Michael Daly|March 25, 2014|DAILY BEAST Cursed be Canaan; A servant of servants shall he be unto his brethren. The Story of Noah's Ark From the Bible’s Book of Genesis|The Daily Beast|March 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST And Ham, the father of Canaan, saw the nakedness of his father, and told his two brethren without. The Story of Noah's Ark From the Bible’s Book of Genesis|The Daily Beast|March 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
The more radical male-separatists can find their brethren at sites such as Men Going Their Own Way. The Masculine Mystique|R. Tod Kelly|October 20, 2013|DAILY BEAST "My brethren, and also my sisteren," he preached in a sermonizing voice. Six Girls and the Tea Room|Marion Ames Taggart For he is Saint Oenius, a man of venerable life; and, as the saint prophesied beforehand, he was duly set over the brethren. The Latin & Irish Lives of Ciaran|Anonymous In this extremity Sieys chose as minister of police the old Terrorist Fouch, who best understood how to deal with his brethren. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2|Various Secondly, a right, before any other man, to inherit with his brethren his father's goods. Second Treatise of Government|John Locke Amid powerful difficulties our brethren have not laboured in vain. Fruits of Toil in the London Missionary Society|Various
British Dictionary definitions for brethren
pl narchaic a plural of brother fellow members of a religion, sect, society, etc Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to brethrenrelative, twin, relation, kin, blood brother |