fraternal

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fra·ter·nal / frəˈtərnl/ • 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) developed from separate ova and therefore genetically distinct and not necessarily of the same sex or more similar than other siblings. Compare with identical (sense 1).DERIVATIVES: fra·ter·nal·ism / -ˌizəm/ n.fra·ter·nal·ly adv.

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