kinsmen
The body of members, especially of a fraternal, religious or military order.
Members of any congregation in the Anabaptist tradition of the Schwarzenau Brethren, practicing credobaptism and committed to nonresistance and nonviolence, some of whom may wear plain dress and shun modern technology.
Of or akin to; related; like
The principle still sounds good, but our astronomical knowledge is limited, and we haven't yet discovered any such brethren solar systems.
From Early Modern English brethren, plural of brother, from Middle English brethren, from Middle English brethere, brether + -en (plural ending). Ultimately from Old English brōþor, brōþru (“brothers,...
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