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Sodality   Listen
noun
Sodality  n.  (pl. sodalities)  
1.
A fellowship or fraternity; a brotherhood.
2.
(R. C. Ch.) Specifically, a lay association for devotion or for charitable purposes.





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"Sodality" Quotes from Famous Books



... warnings which, in the case of this great saint, were never uttered in vain to the unheeding. Again and again St. Francis warned, but pride was still triumphant. One Sunday afternoon, after the usual meeting of the confraternity, the saint went to the alter of sodality; it was the altar of the Dolors. Seven daggers seemed to pierce the Virgin's heart. Ascending the altar, he cast a sorrowful glance on the weeping countenance of the Queen of Sorrows, and said: "Most Holy Virgin, ...
— Alvira: the Heroine of Vesuvius • A. J. O'Reilly


Words linked to "Sodality" :   brother, class, fraternity, sodalist


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