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Definition of Fraternities
1. fraternity [n] - See also: fraternity
Lexicographical Neighbors of Fraternities
Literary usage of Fraternities
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the ... Annual Convention by Religious Education Association (1907)
"These fraternities are usually short-lived, but frequently have very serious
deleterious influences upon the character. Almost always they are bad. ..."
2. Werner's Readings and Recitations (1915)
"Resolved, That Greek-letter fraternities, as Existing at Present in Undergraduate
Colleges, ... (2) fraternities are not living up to their responsibility. ..."
3. Individual Training in Our Colleges by Birdseye, Clarence F., 1854-1927 (1907)
"The growth and power of the Greek-letter fraternities have come Wholly from the
fact that their members were away from their own homes, ..."
4. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"WOMEN'S fraternities. The women's fraternities followed naturally upon the ...
The first of these sororities ( as t hese fraternities are called) was the ..."
5. Addresses and Proceedings by National Education Association of the United States, National Teachers' Association (U.S.)., American Normal School Association, Central College Association (1905)
"REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON SECRET fraternities GILBERT B. MORRISON PRINCIPAL OF
... forth the conditions and nature of secret fraternities in high schools. ..."
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