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Frateria

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary · Alexander M. Burrill · 1850

A New Law Dictionary and Glossary

Lat. [from frater, a brother.] In old records. A fraternity, brotherhood, or society of religious persons, who were mutually bound to pray for the good health and life, &c., of their living brethren, and the souls of those that were dead, Cowell.