A fraternity is an organisation of men.

Fraternity may also refer to:

Associations

  • Benefit society
  • Chivalric order
  • Fraternal order
  • Friendly society
  • Honor society, an organization which recognizes achievement
  • Religious order
  • Secret society
  • Social club
  • Trade union

Academic and student fraternities

Europe

  • Corporation (university), college fraternity; for example German Student Corps
  • Nation (university), student organization
  • Studentenverbindung, student organizations in Germany
  • Student society
  • Students' union

North America

  • College fraternities and sororities, also called Greek letter organizations or social fraternities
  • Collegiate secret societies in North America, organizations with secret membership
  • Literary society
  • Professional fraternities and sororities, members connected by professional field of study
  • Service fraternities and sororities, organizations whose primary purpose is community service

Sociology

  • Fraternity (philosophy), a type of relationship between people

Other uses

  • Fraternity (band), an Australian rock group from the early 1970s, featuring AC/DC's Bon Scott
  • Fraternity Records, a record label

See also

  • List of general fraternities
  • List of social fraternities
  • List of social sororities and women's fraternities
  • North American fraternity and sorority housing
  • Brotherhood (disambiguation)