A fraternity or fraternal organization is an organization, society, club or fraternal order traditionally of men associated together for various religious or secular aims.

What does it mean by fraternal?

1a : of, relating to, or involving brothers fraternal love. b : of, relating to, or being a fraternity or society a fraternal order a fraternal chapter house. 2 : derived from two ova : dizygotic fraternal twins. 3 : friendly, brotherly There was a fraternal feeling among the troops.

What does fraternal relationship mean?

Fraternal describes the relationship between brothers, but it is also used is to describe a club, society or fraternity, some brotherly group of people — usually men — with common interests. Fraternal twins, unlike identical twins, are formed from separate ova.