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Fraternal and service organizations
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- See also: Fraternities and sororities and Service club
A fraternal organization, sometimes also known as a "fraternity", is an organization or club that represents the relationship between its members as akin to brotherhood. There is a great deal of overlap between the terms "friendly society" and fraternal organization. Most mystical organizations are also fraternal.
What follows is a list of contemporary fraternities.
International
Middle East
Philippines
External links
- Survey of Secret Societies and Museum of Fraternal Lithographs Survey of history and ritual covering diverse organizations including Freemasonry, and groups that have imitated Masonry such as the Odd Fellows, Knights of Pythias, Improved Order of Red Men, Knights of the Golden Eagle, Knights of the Maccabees, B'nai B'rith, Orange Order, Royal Black Preceptory, Hibernians, Greek Letter Fraternities, etc. and so-called magical fraternities such as the Ordo Templi Orientis and Aurum Solis.
- Complete listing of all secret society, fraternal organizations and fraternal orders with abbreviations, with slogans and mottoes
- The Web of Hiram A Site dealing with Freemasonry at Bradford University.
- World Orders of Knighthood and Merit
- Catholic Encyclopedia entry for Military Orders
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