FRATERNITY

noun (plural -ties) Date: 14th century a group of people associated or formally organized for a common purpose, interest, or pleasure: as, a fraternal order, guild 1, a men's student organization formed chiefly for social purposes having secret rites and a name consisting of Greek letters, a student organization for scholastic, professional, or extracurricular activities , the quality or state of being brothers ; brotherliness, persons of the same class, profession, character, or tastes