brotherhede
Middle English
Alternative forms
- broþerhede, broþerehode, bretherhede, breþerheed, breþerhede, brethirhede, broþerhode, breþerode, broþerhed, brotherheed, brethyrhode, britherhoode
- (non-remodelled) broþerredden, broþerrede, brotherrede, bretherred, brethered
Etymology
Inherited from Old English brōþorrǣden; equivalent to brother + -reden. However, usually remodelled as brother + -hede; sometimes the first element is changed to brether.
Pronunciation
Noun
brotherhede (uncountable)
- Brotherly relations; a brotherly pact or bond:
- An amicable or brotherly relationship which two siblings have with each other.
- The relationship which two blood brothers have with each other.
- Any deep platonic relationship or linkage between two people.
- The bond that two people in an religious or craft organisation or society have.
- A relationship or linkage between two allied nations.
- Brotherly behaviour or acts; appropriate behaviour for a brother.
- The entirety of believers in Christianity collectively; Christendom.
- The people in an religious or craft organisation or society collectively.
- (rare) The male siblings of two given people collectively.
- (rare) A term used towards a brother (religious or familial)
Descendants
- English: brotherhood, brotherred
- Scots: britherheid
References
- “brọ̄therhēde, -hōd (n.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-21.
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