A fraternity or fraternal organization is an organization, society, club or fraternal order traditionally of men but also women associated together for various religious or secular aims. The Western c
A meeting of Freemasons in West Germany in 1948
Blessed Gerard Thom (c. 1040–1120), lay brother in the Benedictine order and founder of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem after the First Crusade in 1099.
Kraków's Kur Fraternity during the inauguration of Józef Piłsudski Monument in Kraków.
The Syndics of the Drapers' Guild by Rembrandt, 1662.
In North America, fraternities and sororities are social clubs at colleges and universities. They are sometimes collectively referred to as Greek life or Greek-letter organizations, as well as collegi
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…era, these were followed by fraternal orders such as Freemasons, the Rosicrucian Society of England, and Odd Fellows, along with gentlemen's clubs, student fraternities, and fraternal service organizations. Members (regardless of gender) are occasionally referred to as a brother or – usually in a religious context…
Members of Phi Kappa Sigma at Washington & Jefferson College in Washington, Pennsylvania in 1872
Representatives from different fraternities at the University of Texas at Arlington, c. 1981
Delta Rho sorority at Nevada State University, 1901
Rush party at Gamma Phi Beta sorority at McGill University in Montreal, 1939