sodality

so·dal·i·ty

(sō-dăl′ĭ-tē)

n. pl. so·dal·i·ties

1. A society or an association, especially a devotional or charitable society for the laity in the Roman Catholic Church.

2. Fellowship.

[French sodalité, from Old French, from Latin sodālitās, fellowship, from sodālis, companion; see s(w)e- in Indo-European roots.]

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sodality

(səʊˈdælɪtɪ)

n, pl -ties

1. (Roman Catholic Church) RC Church a religious or charitable society

2. fraternity; fellowship

[C16: from Latin sodālitās fellowship, from sodālis a comrade]

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so•dal•i•ty

(soʊˈdæl ɪ ti, sə-)

n., pl. -ties.

1. fellowship; comradeship.

2. an association or society.

3. a Roman Catholic lay society for religious and charitable purposes.

[1590–1600; < Latin sodālitās companionship =sodāl(is) companion + -itās -ity]

sodality

a fellowship, brotherhood, or other association of a benevolent nature, especially in the Roman Catholic Church. — sodalist, n., adj.

Sodality

a fellowship or fraternity.

Examples: military sodality of musketeers, crossbowmen, archers, swordsmen in every town, 1855; the sodality of the Chaplet of Our Lady, 1628; the sodality with the Jesuits to overthrow our country, 1600; the seraphick sodality (seraphim collectively), 1737.