Brethren vs Community - What's the difference?
brethren | community |
(archaic)
(figuratively) the body of members, especially of a fraternal, religious or military order
A group sharing a common understanding and often the same language, manners, tradition and law. See civilization.
* Hallam
* Wordsworth
A commune, or residential or religious collective.
The condition of having certain attitudes and interests in common.
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, title= (ecology) A group of interdependent organisms inhabiting the same region and interacting with each other.
(internet) A group of people interacting by electronic means for social, professional, educational or other purposes; a virtual community.
(obsolete) Common possession or enjoyment; participation.
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* (Washington Irving)
(obsolete) common character; likeness.
* H. Spencer
(obsolete) commonness; frequency
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As nouns the difference between brethren and community
is that brethren is (in the plural|informal) any brethren denomination (usually preceded by "the" or "the") while community is a group sharing a common understanding and often the same language, manners, tradition and law see civilization.As an adjective brethren
is of or pertaining to any religious group that uses or formerly used the word "brethren", capitalized, in referring to itself or its members.brethren
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(head)Usage notes
The plural "brethren" is generally used for members of an organization, especially a religious body, whereas the plural "brothers" is used in the familial sense as well as for larger groups.See also
* Brethren * brother * sistren and nun * friar and frater or father * brotherhood, sisterhood * fraternity * siblingscommunity
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(wikipedia community) (communities)- Burdens upon the poorer classes of the community .
- Creatures that in communities exist.
- A community is infinitely more brutalised by the habitual employment of punishment than it is by the occasional occurrence of crime (Oscar Wilde)
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- The original community of all things.
- An unreserved community of thought and feeling.
- The essential community of nature between organic growth and inorganic growth.
- Eyes sick and blunted with community .