Middle English Dictionary Entry
fraternāl adj.
Entry Info
| Forms | fraternāl adj. |
| Etymology | ML frāternāl-is. |
Definitions (Senses and Subsenses)
1.
Of brothers or brethren; brotherly, fraternal.
Associated quotations
- a1450(?c1421) Lydg.ST (Arun 119)869 : Fraternal hate depe sett the rote..that ther nas no bote.
- (?a1439) Lydg.FP (Bod 263)3.4912 : Cirus..Souhte his brother..And gaf to hym a wounde ful mortall, Withoute frenshepe or fauour fraternall.
- c1475(a1449) Lydg.IVMass (Trin-C R.3.21)247 : With compassion and fraternall pyte.
- a1475(?a1430) Lydg.Pilgr.(Vit C.13)23646 : The vnyte of fraternal antiquyte..to haue hir goodes in comune.