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A meeting of Freemasons in West Germany in 1948. A fraternity (from Latin frater ' brother ' and -ity; whence, "brotherhood") or fraternal organization is an organization, society, club or fraternal order traditionally of men but also women associated together for various religious or secular aims.
The fraternal birth order effect has been described by one of its proponents as "the most consistent biodemographic correlate of sexual orientation in men". [5] In 1958, it was reported that homosexual men tend to have a greater number of older siblings (i.e., a 'later/higher birth order') than comparable heterosexual men and in 1962, these findings were published in detail. [6]
Fraternal relationship Three brothers Brazilian princes Pedro Augusto (right) and Augusto Leopoldo in exile in Cannes , c. 1890 The book Nicomachean Ethics, Book VIII written by Aristotle in 350 B.C.E., offers a way in which people should view the relationships between biological brothers.
A fraternal order is a voluntary membership group organised as an order, with an initiation ritual and traits alluding to religious, chivalric or pseudo-chivalric orders, guilds, or secret societies. Fraternal orders typically have secular purposes, serving as social clubs, cultural organizations and providing a form of social welfare through ...
In philosophy, fraternity or brotherhood is a kind of ethical relationship between people, which is based on love and solidarity. Fraternity is mentioned in the national motto of France, Liberté, égalité, fraternité (lit. ' Liberty, equality, fraternity '), [1] and a slogan of the League of Communists of Yugoslavia, "Brotherhood and unity".
In North America, fraternities and sororities (Latin: fraternitas and sororitas, 'brotherhood' and 'sisterhood') are social clubs at colleges and universities.They are sometimes collectively referred to as Greek life or Greek-letter organizations, as well as collegiate fraternities or collegiate sororities to differentiate them from traditional not (exclusively) university-based fraternal ...
Fraternal polyandry was permitted in Sri Lanka under Kandyan Marriage law, often described using the euphemism eka-ge-kama (literally "eating in one house"). [ 39 ] [ disputed – discuss ] Associated Polyandry, or polyandry that begins as monogamy, with the second husband entering the relationship later, is also practiced [ 40 ] and is ...
The fantasy fiction series A Song of Ice and Fire describes a secret relationship between Jaime and Cersei Lannister, who are fraternal twins.Within the setting of the books, various historical characters from House Targaryen were married to their siblings.