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Definition of Sodality
1. Noun. People engaged in a particular occupation. "The medical fraternity"
Generic synonyms: Class, Social Class, Socio-economic Class, Stratum
Member holonyms: Brother, Sodalist
Derivative terms: Brother, Fraternise, Fraternize, Sodalist
Definition of Sodality
1. n. A fellowship or fraternity; a brotherhood.
Definition of Sodality
1. Noun. Companionship. ¹
2. Noun. A fraternity, a society or association. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Sodality
1. a society [n -TIES] - See also: society
Medical Definition of Sodality
1. Origin: L. Sodalitas, fr. Sodalis a comrade. 1. A fellowship or fraternity; a brotherhood. 2. Specifically, a lay association for devotion or for charitable purposes. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Sodality
Literary usage of Sodality
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The sodality was placed under the special protection of the Blessed Virgin, and
the object was declared to be personal perfection in virtue and study, ..."
2. A History of St. John's College, Fordham, N.Y. by Thomas Gaffney Taaffe (1891)
"This sodality is affiliated with the Roman Prima Primaria, ... When the Jesuit
fathers came to Fordham in 1846, the sodality came with them, and has con- 9 ..."
3. The History of the Popes, from the Close of the Middle Ages: Drawn from the by Ludwig Pastor, Ralph Francis Kerr, Frederick Ignatius Antrobus (1908)
"The latter formed the idea of uniting themselves more closely in a fraternal
sodality for the purpose of safeguarding their common interests. ..."
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