Fraternity is a word for brotherhood, and by extension deep friendship or camaraderie. It may refer to:
* A secret society, monastic or chivalric order
* A bachelor band
* Some types of student society, social organizations of students of higher education:
o Fraternities and sororities in Canada and the United States
+ Social fraternities and sororities, formed specifically for the purpose of developing friendships
+ Honor societies, organizations in which membership recognizes scholastic excellence
+ Professional fraternities, organizations which promote fellowship among those in a particular academic discipline or career field
+ Service fraternities and sororities, organizations whose primary purpose is community service
+ informally, a fraternity or sorority house, group housing for members of a fraternity or sorority
o Student corporations in Europe
+ Studentenverbindung
# Burschenschaft
# Corps
# Landsmannschaft
# Turnerschaft
+ Nations at Swedish universities
+ Ordine goliardico
+ Tuna
o Fraternities and sororities in the Philippines
* Benefit society, mutual aid society
o Friendly society, for a common financial or social purpose, e.g. Independent Order of Odd Fellows
o Fraternal and service organizations, e.g. Knights of Columbus or Freemasonry
* A social club
* Fraternity (band) ~ Australian rock group from the early 1970s, featuring AC/DC's Bon Scott
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