Fraternity

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Fraternity is a word for brotherhood, and by extension deep friendship or camaraderie. It may refer to:

• A secret society, monastic, or chivalric order
• A bachelor band, in zoology

• Some types of student society, social organizations of students of higher education:
  • Fraternities and sororities in Canada, United States and Puerto Rico
    • Social fraternities and sororities, organizations which serve as an extracurricular way to help college students develop character or life skills.
    • Honor societies, organizations in which membership recognizes scholastic excellence
    • Class societies, organizations in which membership is limited by year of study
    • Literary societies, organizations formed as a student-directed supplement to the academic curriculum
    • Professional fraternities, organizations which promote fellowship among those in a particular academic discipline or career field
    • Service fraternities and sororities, organizations whose primary purpose is community service
    • informally, a fraternity or sorority house, large group housing for members of a fraternity or sorority
  • Student corporations in Europe
    • Studentenverbindungen in Germany
    • Corps in the Netherlands
    • Nations at Swedish universities
    • Disput
    • Ordine goliardico
    • Tuna
  • Fraternities and sororities in the Philippines
  • Puerto Rican fraternities and sororities
• Benefit society, mutual aid society
  • Friendly society, for a common financial or social purpose, e.g. Independent Order of Odd Fellows
  • Fraternal and service organizations, e.g. Knights of Columbus or Freemasonry
• A social club
• Fraternity (band), an Australian rock group from the early 1970s, featuring AC/DC's Bon Scott

• Fraternity Records, a record label

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