brethren 音标拼音: [br'ɛðrən]
n . 弟兄们,同胞
弟兄们,同胞
brethren n 1 : (
plural )
the lay members of a male religious order Plymouth Brethren \
Plym "
outh Breth "
ren \
The members of a religious sect which first appeared at Plymouth ,
England ,
about 1830 .
They protest against sectarianism ,
and reject all official ministry or clergy .
Also called {
Brethren }, {
Christian Brethren }, {
Plymouthists },
etc .
The {
Darbyites }
are a division of the Brethren .
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Dunker \
Dun "
ker \,
prop .
n . [
G .
tunken to dip .]
One of a religious denomination whose tenets and practices are mainly those of the Baptists ,
but partly those of the Quakers ; --
called also {
Tunkers }, {
Dunkards }, {
Dippers },
and ,
by themselves , {
Brethren },
and {
German Baptists },
and they call their denomination the Church of the Brethren .
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Note :
The denomination was founded in Germany in 1708 ,
but after a few years the members emigrated to the United States ;
they were opposed to military service and taking legal oaths ,
and practiced trine immersion .
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5 ]
{
Seventh -
day Dunkers },
a sect which separated from the Dunkers and formed a community ,
in 1728 .
They keep the seventh day or Saturday as the Sabbath .
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Brethren \
Breth "
ren \,
n .;
pl .
of {
Brother }.
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Note :
This form of the plural is used ,
for the most part ,
in solemn address ,
and in speaking of religious sects or fraternities ,
or their members .
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Brother \
Broth "
er \ (
br [
u ^][
th ]"[~
e ]
r ),
n .;
pl . {
Brothers }
(
br [
u ^][
th ]"[~
e ]
rz )
or {
Brethren } (
br [
e ^][
th ]"
r [
e ^]
n ).
See {
Brethren }. [
OE .
brother ,
AS .
br [=
o ][
eth ]
or ;
akin to OS .
brothar ,
D .
broeder ,
OHG .
pruodar ,
G .
bruder ,
Icel .
br [=
o ][
eth ]
ir ,
Sw . &
Dan .
broder ,
Goth .
br [=
o ][
thorn ]
ar ,
Ir .
brathair ,
W .
brawd ,
pl .
brodyr ,
Lith .
brolis ,
Lett .
brahlis ,
Russ .
brat ',
Pol . &
Serv .
brat ,
OSlav .
bratr [
u ^],
L .
frater ,
Skr .
bhr [=
a ]
t [.
r ],
Zend bratar brother ,
Gr .
fra `
thr ,
fra `
twr ,
a clansman .
The common plural is {
Brothers };
in the solemn style , {
Brethren },
OE .
pl .
brether ,
bretheren ,
AS .
dative sing .
br [=
e ][
eth ]
er ,
nom .
pl .
br [=
o ][
eth ]
or ,
br [=
o ][
eth ]
ru .
[
root ]
258 .
Cf . {
Friar }, {
Fraternal }.]
1 .
A male person who has the same father and mother with another person ,
or who has one of them only .
In the latter case he is more definitely called a {
half brother },
or {
brother of the half blood }.
Note :
A brother having the same mother but different fathers is called a {
uterine brother },
and one having the same father but a different mother is called an {
agnate brother },
or in (
Law )
a {
consanguine brother }.
A brother having the same father and mother is called a {
brother -
german }
or {
full brother }.
The same modifying terms are applied to {
sister }
or {
sibling }.
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Two of us in the churchyard lie ,
My sister and my brother . --
Wordsworth .
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2 .
One related or closely united to another by some common tie or interest ,
as of rank ,
profession ,
membership in a society ,
toil ,
suffering ,
etc .; --
used among judges ,
clergymen ,
monks ,
physicians ,
lawyers ,
professors of religion ,
etc . "
A brother of your order ." --
Shak .
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We few ,
we happy few ,
we band of brothers ,
For he to -
day that sheds his blood with me Shall be my brother . --
Shak .
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3 .
One who ,
or that which ,
resembles another in distinctive qualities or traits of character .
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He also that is slothful in his work is brother to him that is a great waster . --
Prov .
xviii .
9 .
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That April morn Of this the very brother . --
Wordsworth .
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Note :
In Scripture ,
the term brother is applied to a kinsman by blood more remote than a son of the same parents ,
as in the case of Abraham and Lot ,
Jacob and Laban .
In a more general sense ,
brother or brethren is used for fellow -
man or fellow -
men .
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For of whom such massacre Make they but of their brethren ,
men of men ?
--
Milton .
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{
Brother Jonathan },
a humorous designation for the people of the United States collectively .
The phrase is said to have originated from Washington '
s referring to the patriotic Jonathan Trumbull ,
governor of Connecticut ,
as "
Brother Jonathan ."
{
Blood brother }.
See under {
Blood }.
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60 Moby Thesaurus words for "
brethren ":
assembly ,
aunt ,
auntie ,
blood brother ,
brother ,
bub ,
bubba ,
bud ,
buddy ,
churchgoers ,
class ,
congregation ,
country cousin ,
cousin ,
cousin once removed ,
cousin twice removed ,
daughter ,
father ,
first cousin ,
flock ,
fold ,
foster brother ,
frater ,
grandnephew ,
grandniece ,
granduncle ,
great -
aunt ,
great -
uncle ,
half brother ,
kid brother ,
laity ,
laymen ,
minyan ,
mother ,
nephew ,
niece ,
nonclerics ,
nonordained persons ,
nuncle ,
nunks ,
nunky ,
parish ,
parishioners ,
people ,
second cousin ,
seculars ,
sheep ,
sis ,
sissy ,
sister ,
sister -
german ,
sistern ,
society ,
son ,
stepbrother ,
stepsister ,
unc ,
uncle ,
uncs ,
uterine brother
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