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Webster 1913 Edition

Adj.

[F.

fraternel

, LL.

fraternalis

, fr. L.

fraternus

, fr.

frater

brother. See

Of, pertaining to, or involving, brethren; becoming to brothers; brotherly;

as,

fraternal

affection; a

fraternal

embrace.

–

Fra-ter′nal-ly

adv.

An abhorred, a cursed, a

fraternal

war.

Milton.

Fraternal

love and friendship.

Addison.

Adj.

[L. fraternus, from frater, brother.]

Brotherly; pertaining to brethren; becoming brothers; as fraternal love or affection; a fraternal embrace.