Dictionary entry

Fraternal

Webster's Dictionary 1913

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.

An abhorred, a cursed, a fraternal war. Milton.

Fraternal love and friendship. Addison.