different between brotherhood vs brotherly

English

Etymology

From Middle English brotherhod, equivalent to brother +? -hood, from earlier brotherhede, alteration (influenced by suffixes in -hood, -head) of Early Middle English brotherrede (“brotherhood, fraternity”), from Old English br?þorr?den (“brotherhood, fellowship”), equivalent to brother +? -red (see brotherred). More at brother, -red.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?b??ð?h?d/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?b??ð?h?d/
• Hyphenation: broth?er?hood

Noun

brotherhood (countable and uncountable, plural brotherhoods)

1. The state of being brothers or a brother.
2. An association for any purpose, such as a society of monks; a fraternity.
3. The whole body of persons engaged in the same business, especially those of the same profession

4. People, or (poetically) things, of the same kind.
   • 1800, William Wordsworth, s:Degenerate Douglas

     a brotherhood of venerable trees

Synonyms

• fraternity, association, fellowship, sodality, brethren

Hypernyms

• (state): siblinghood

Translations

See also

• sisterhood

Further reading

• brotherhood in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• brotherhood in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• brotherhood at OneLook Dictionary Search

English

Etymology

From Middle English brotherly, from Old English br?þorl??, from Proto-Germanic *br?þ?rl?kaz, equivalent to brother +? -ly. Cognate with Dutch broederlijk (“brotherly”), German brüderlich (“brotherly”), Swedish broderlig (“brotherly”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?b??ð.?.li/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?b??ð.?.li/

Adjective

brotherly (comparative more brotherly, superlative most brotherly)

1. Of or characteristic of brothers.

   brotherly love

Derived terms

• brotherliness

Related terms

• brother
• brotherhood

Translations

Adverb

brotherly

1. In the manner of a brother, as a brother, as brothers.

Anagrams

• brothelry

Middle English

Alternative forms

• brothyrly, brothirly

Etymology

From Old English br?þorl??, from Proto-Germanic *br?þ?rl?kaz; equivalent to brother +? -ly. The adverb was derived from the adjective in the Middle English period.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?bro?ð?rli?/

Adjective

brotherly (rare)

1. Of or relating to brothers or siblings.
2. Cheerful, jovial; like friends.

Descendants

• English: brotherly

References

• “br???therl?, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-21.

Adverb

brotherly

1. In a brotherly way; in a way like a brother.

Descendants

• English: brotherly

References

• “br???therl?, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2019-02-21.