Fraternity (disambiguation)
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A fraternity (Latin: "brotherhood") usually connotes an organisation of men, a fraternity, as a type of organization.
It may also refer to:
Associations
- Benefit society
- Chivalric order
- Fraternal order
- Friendly society
- Honor society, an organization which recognizes achievement
- Religious order
- Secret society
- Social club
- Trade union
Academic and student fraternities
- Europe
- Corporation (university), college fraternity
- Nation (university), student organization
- Studentenverbindung, student organizations in Germany
- List of Swiss student societies
- North America
- College fraternities and sororities, also called Greek letter organizations or social fraternities, initiatory organizations which unite students through the undergraduate college course
- Collegiate secret societies in North America, organizations in which membership is limited by year of study
- Literary society, an organization formed as a student-directed supplement to the academic curriculum
- Professional fraternities and sororities, 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
Sociology
- Fraternity (philosophy), a type of relationship between people
- Other uses
- Fraternity (band), an Australian rock group from the early 1970s, featuring AC/DC's Bon Scott
- Fraternity Records, a record label
See also
- List of general fraternities
- List of social fraternities and sororities
- North American fraternity and sorority housing, large group housing for members of a fraternity or sorority
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