资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Confraternity \Con`fra*ter"ni*ty\, n.; pl. {Confraternities}.
   [LL. confraternitas: cf. F. confraternit?. See {Fraternity}.]
   A society of body of men united for some purpose, or in some
   profession; a brotherhood.

         These live in one society and confraternity. --Stow.