brethren

意味: 仲間・兄弟

例文: Chair-kun called all stools his brethren.
    チェアくんはすべてのスツールを兄弟と呼んだ。

定義: 男の修道会の世俗の一人

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Definitions(定義)

Noun: (plural) the lay members of a male religious order
Noun: a male with the same parents as someone else
Noun: a male person who is a fellow member (of a fraternity or religion or other group)
Noun: a close friend who accompanies his buddies in their activities
Noun: used as a term of address for those male persons engaged in the same movement
Noun: (Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a monk and used as form of address

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun

Examples(例文)

Noun: my brother still lives with our parents
Noun: none of his brothers would betray him
Noun: Greetings, comrade!
Noun: a Benedictine Brother

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): Brother, blood brother, brethren, brother, buddy, chum, comrade, crony, pal, sidekick

Antonyms(反意語): sister

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): friend, male sibling, member, monk, sect

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): abecedarian, albigenses, alter ego, amigo, amish sect, areopagite, best friend, board member, brethren, brother, buddy, cabalist, carthusian, charter member, clansman, club member, commissioner, committee member, companion, confidant, conservative, council member, fellow, flatmate, girlfriend, hare krishna, haredi, high church, homeboy, homegirl, huddler, inductee, jainism, joiner, karaites, kibbutznik, kokka shinto, kolkhoznik, light, mate, order, pledge, religious society of friends, roommate, rosicrucian, rotarian, schoolfriend, shakers, shaktism, shiah, shivaism, shuha shinto, sister, sisterhood, sodalist, sunni, taoism, trappist, tribesman, vaishnavism, waldenses, zurvanism

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): big brother, cobber, freemason, little brother, stepbrother

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: brotherhood, brotherly, chummy, pal

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: common

Usage Context: online

Grammatical Notes:

countable noun

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞): en

Exam Level

英検1級

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Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) No

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

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