confrairia
Old Occitan edit
Etymology edit
Medieval Latin confratria. Gallo-Romance cognate with Old French confrairie.
Noun edit
confrairia f (oblique plural confrairias, nominative singular confrairia, nominative plural confrairias)
- brotherhood (association of male members)
References edit
- Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “frater”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volumes 3: D–F, page 766