brethren

noun

(figuratively) The body of members, especially of a fraternal, religious or military order.

(specifically) Members of the Church of the Brethren.

(Protestantism) Members of any congregation in the Anabaptist tradition of the Schwarzenau Brethren, practicing credobaptism and committed to nonresistance and nonviolence, some of whom may wear plain dress and shun modern technology.

(poetic) kinsmen

adjective

Of or akin to; related; like

Synonyms for brethren

stepbrothern sisn stepsistern congregationn grandunclen

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