confrerie

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noun

brotherhood, association

OriginFrench confrérie →
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Meanings

nounconfrerie (plural confreries)

plural confreries

  1. brotherhood, association

    Some worker confréries, such as those of the carpenters, hatmakers, polishers, and secondhand clothes dealers, tried to obtain formal legitimation in the eighteenth century.

    1996, Steven L. Kaplan, The Bakers of Paris and the Bread Question, 1700-1775, page 269

Origin

  1. Frenchconfrérie
  2. Englishconfrerie

From French confrérie.

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APA

confrerie. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/confrerie

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Chicago

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