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brother
Christianity
a. a member of a male religious order who undertakes work for the order without actually being in holy orders
b. a lay member of a male religious order


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There again was a bearded brother with a broad-headed axe and a bundle of faggots upon his shoulders, while beside him walked another with the shears under his arm and the white wool still clinging to his whiter gown.
My younger brother was in London when the Martians fell at Woking.
In particular Don Fernando offered, if he would go back with him, to get his brother the marquis to become godfather at the baptism of Zoraida, and on his own part to provide him with the means of making his appearance in his own country with the credit and comfort he was entitled to.
 
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