fraternities
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fraternities. In the Middle Ages fraternities of many kinds were founded in the Church to meet the religious and social needs of clergy and laity. Their primary purpose was to secure for their members mutual support in death through Masses and prayers, as well as intercessions in sickness, etc. They also provided in material ways for such contingencies as death and natural disasters, and by social gatherings promoted fellowship and recreation. They developed rapidly from Carolingian times. Until the 13th cent. they were usually local (either rural or urban) or affiliated to an abbey; thereafter they catered for burgeoning forms of lay piety and included such movements as the
flagellants, who were concerned to counter heresy and sodomy as well as to appease civil strife and relieve poverty. Many fraternities were associated with orders of
Mendicant Friars; these were often not attached to any particular locality.
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Fraternal groups make millions from games
Magazine article from: The State Journal; 4/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...government recognizing them as a fraternal organization and have 10...state, where obscurely named fraternal organizations are popping up...federal charter and became an Order of the Owls," said Melton. The State Journal called several fraternal organizations around the state...
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FRATERNAL ORDER OF EAGLES PLEDGES TO RAISE $25 MILLION FOR UNIVERSITY OF IOWA DIABETES RESEARCH
News Wire article from: US Fed News Service, Including US State News; 9/16/2008; 700+ words
; ...following news release: Leaders of The Fraternal Order of Eagles, the University of Iowa and...faces a lifetime of diabetes, and with The Fraternal Order of Eagles collaboration and The Fraternal Order of Eagles Diabetes Research Center...
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Multiplying fraternal clubs to get scrutiny: Groups proliferate because they can have twice as many slot machines
Newspaper article from: Charleston Daily Mail; 8/29/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...and say, 'If you weren't a fraternal organization in 2001, you don...established groups such as the Fraternal Order of the Owls Nest, the organization...Kanawha. "You have some unusual fraternal organizations you've never seen...
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What a Mighty Power We Can Be: African American Fraternal Groups and the Struggle for Racial Equality
Magazine article from: The Journal of Southern History; 2/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...prominent African American fraternal groups emerged, in the same eras as other American fraternal federations. The salient...federations and distinctive orders (including, among others...Masons and the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows and more obscure...originate and expand black male ...
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What a Mighty Power We Can Be: African American Fraternal Groups and the Struggle for Racial Equality.(Book review)
Magazine article from: Journal of Southern History; 2/1/2008; ; 700+ words
; ...prominent African American fraternal groups emerged, in the same eras as other American fraternal federations. The salient...federations and distinctive orders (including, among others...Masons and the Grand United Order of Odd Fellows and more obscure...originate and expand black male ...
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The Fraternal Order of Police, Fort Lauderdale, FL Confers Membership to Leo Hinkley.
Business Wire; 2/13/2009; 700+ words
; ...LAUDERDALE, Fla. -- The Fraternal Order of Police, Fort Lauderdale...websites: Fraternal Order of Police- Fort Lauderdale...www.fop31.org Fraternal Order of Police- State...floridastatefop.org Fraternal Order of Police- Grand...
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Fraternal societies "equalizer" bill.(AROUND THE REGION)
Magazine article from: Insurance Advocate; 2/25/2008; 652 words
; ...in greater returns for fraternal benefit society policy holders in New York." "In order to fix this inequity that...all New Yorkers who hold fraternal benefit Society policies...investment authority for fraternal benefit societies to parallel...
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From Mutual Aid to the Welfare State: Fraternal Societies and Social Services, 1890-1967
Magazine article from: The Journal of Southern History; 2/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...comprehensive work to date on American fraternal societies. These societies...landsmanshaftn and the Loyal Order of Moose. Also known as lodges, fraternal societies offered their members...unlike charity and welfare, fraternal benefits were provided in...
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From Mutual Aid to the Welfare State: Fraternal Societies and Social Services, 1890-1967. (Book Reviews).(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Journal of Risk and Insurance; 9/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...insightful history of American fraternal societies during this period...As a primary function of the fraternal organizations was the provision...societies, such as the Loyal Order of the Moose, the Independent...insurance coverage (p. 2). The fraternal organizations shared a belief...
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From Mutual Aid to the Welfare State: Fraternal Societies and Social Services, 1890-1967. (Book Reviews).(Brief Article)
Magazine article from: Journal of Southern History; 2/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...comprehensive work to date on American fraternal societies. These societies...landsman-shaftn and the Loyal Order of Moose. Also known as lodges, fraternal societies offered their members...unlike charity and welfare, fraternal benefits were provided in...
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Fraternal Organizations
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to United States History
...1730, the Masonic Order grew rapidly after...symbolism to encourage fraternal bonding, mutual...other national orders, including the...the Improved Order of Red Men, and...political), the fraternal order became a...The Fraternal Order of Elks removed...auxiliaries of ...
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fraternal orders
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...provide a fraternal order for Roman Catholics...were opposed. Other orders, founded when commercial...That function of fraternal orders declined as...coverage, and today most fraternal orders serve mainly...Other well-known fraternal orders and their years ...
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SIC 8641 Civic, Social, and Fraternal Associations
Encyclopedia entry from: Encyclopedia of American Industries
...altruism. It includes civic and fraternal associations, parent-teacher...However, males belong to fraternal organizations at a rate of...members. One of the largest fraternal organizations in the world...these is the Ancient Arabic Order of the Nobles of the Mystic...
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fraternal
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...rnl / • adj. 1. of or like a brother or brothers: his lack of fraternal feeling shocked me. ∎ of or denoting an organization or order for people, esp. men, that have common interests or beliefs. 2. (of twins...
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Modern Woodmen of America
Book article from: International Directory of Company Histories
...involved with a number of fraternal societies over the years...Fellows, and the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He also led Vera Amicitia Sempiterna, a fraternal benefit society exclusive...around the lodge system. Fraternal benefit societies were typically...of immigrants or religious ...
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