n. [ Brother + -hood. ] 1. The state of being brothers or a brother. [ 1913 Webster ]
2. An association for any purpose, as a society of monks; a fraternity. [ 1913 Webster ]
3. The whole body of persons engaged in the same business, -- especially those of the same profession; as, the legal or medical brotherhood. [ 1913 Webster ]
4. Persons, and, poetically, things, of a like kind. [ 1913 Webster ]
A brotherhood of venerable trees. Wordsworth. [ 1913 Webster ]
Syn. -- Fraternity; association; fellowship; sodality. [ 1913 Webster ]