fraternal

fraternal
    adj 1: of or relating to a fraternity or society of usually men;
           "a fraternal order"
    2: (of twins) derived from two separate fertilized ova;
       "fraternal twins are biovular" [syn: {fraternal}, {biovular}]
       [ant: {identical}, {monovular}]
    3: like or characteristic of or befitting a brother; "brotherly
       feelings"; "close fraternal ties" [syn: {brotherly},
       {brotherlike}, {fraternal}] [ant: {sisterlike}, {sisterly},
       {sororal}]
    

Fraternal \Fra*ter"nal\, a.[F. fraternel, LL. fraternalis, fr.
   L. fraternus, fr. frater brother. See {Brother}.]
   Of, pertaining to, or involving, brethren; becoming to
   brothers; brotherly; as, fraternal affection; a fraternal
   embrace. -- {Fra*ter"nal*ly}, adv.
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         An abhorred, a cursed, a fraternal war.  --Milton.
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         Fraternal love and friendship.           --Addison.
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50 Moby Thesaurus words for "fraternal":
      Christian, Christlike, Christly, affectionate, agreeable, amiable,
      amicable, benign, benignant, brotherly, compassionate, congenial,
      decent, favorable, friendlike, friendly, good, gracious,
      harmonious, human, humane, idealistic, intellectual, kind,
      kindhearted, kindly, kindly-disposed, loving, neighborlike,
      neighborly, nice, peaceable, pleasant, simpatico, sisterly,
      sociable, softhearted, sympathetic, sympathique, sympathizing,
      tender, tenderhearted, unhostile, warm, warmhearted, well-affected,
      well-disposed, well-intentioned, well-meaning, well-meant