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arch•con•fra•ter•ni•ty
(ärch′kon frə tûr′ni tē),USA pronunciation n., pl. -ties. [Rom. Cath. Ch.]
- a confraternity having the right to associate itself with confraternities that are similar to it, and to impart to them its privileges and indulgences.
- Italian arciconfraternità. See arch-1, confraternity
- 1630–40