Fraternal order, the Glossary
A fraternal order is a voluntary membership group organised as an order, with an initiation ritual and traits alluding to religious, chivalric or pseudo-chivalric orders, guilds, or secret societies.[1]
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47 relations: Ancient Order of Hibernians, Anti-Catholicism, Award, Benefit society, Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks, Civil awards and decorations, Foresters Financial, Foresters Friendly Society, Fraternal Order of Eagles, Freemasonry, Friendly society, Guild, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Independent Order of Rechabites, Initiation, Irish Catholics, Knights of Columbus, Know Nothing, Ku Klux Klan, List of general fraternities, Loyal Order of Moose, Medal, Mutual organization, National Fraternal Order of Police, Nativism (politics), Oath, Odd Fellows, Orange Order, Order (distinction), Order of Alhambra, Order of chivalry, Order of the Star Spangled Banner, Phaleristics, Protestantism in Ireland, Province, Regalia, Religious order, Ritual, Secret society, Secularity, Self-styled order, Style (form of address), Symbol, Templars of Honor and Temperance, Title, United Kingdom, United States.
Ancient Order of Hibernians
The Ancient Order of Hibernians (AOH) is an Irish Catholic fraternal organization. Fraternal order and Ancient Order of Hibernians are fraternal orders.
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Anti-Catholicism
Anti-Catholicism, also known as Catholophobia is hostility towards Catholics and opposition to the Catholic Church, its clergy, and its adherents.
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Award
An award, sometimes called a distinction, is given to a recipient as a token of recognition of excellence in a certain field.
Benefit society
A benefit society, fraternal benefit society, fraternal benefit order, friendly society, or mutual aid society is a society, an organization or a voluntary association formed to provide mutual aid, benefit, for instance insurance for relief from sundry difficulties.
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Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks (BPOE; also often known as the Elks Lodge or simply The Elks) is an American fraternal order founded in 1868, originally as a social club in New York City. Fraternal order and Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks are fraternal orders.
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Civil awards and decorations
Civil awards and decorations are awarded to civilians for distinguished service or for eminence in a field of endeavour.
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Foresters Financial
The Independent Order of Foresters, operating as Foresters Financial, is a fraternal benefit society headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, Canada that provides life insurance and other financial solutions in Canada, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Fraternal order and Foresters Financial are fraternal orders.
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Foresters Friendly Society
The Foresters Friendly Society is a British friendly society which was formed in 1834 as the Ancient Order of Foresters.
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Fraternal Order of Eagles
Fraternal Order of Eagles (F.O.E.) is a fraternal organization that was founded on February 6, 1898, in Seattle, Washington, by a group of six theater-owners including John Cort (the first president), brothers John W. and Tim J. Considine, Harry (H.L.) Leavitt (who later joined the Loyal Order of Moose), Mose Goldsmith and Arthur Williams.
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Freemasonry
Freemasonry or Masonry refers to fraternal organisations that trace their origins to the local guilds of stonemasons that, from the end of the 14th century, regulated the qualifications of stonemasons and their interaction with authorities and clients. Fraternal order and Freemasonry are fraternal orders.
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Friendly society
A friendly society (sometimes called a benefit society, mutual aid society, benevolent society, fraternal organization or ROSCA) is a mutual association for the purposes of insurance, pensions, savings or cooperative banking.
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Guild
A guild is an association of artisans and merchants who oversee the practice of their craft/trade in a particular territory.
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
The Independent Order of Odd Fellows (IOOF) is a non-political, non-sectarian international fraternal order of Odd Fellowship.
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Independent Order of Rechabites
The Independent Order of Rechabites (IOR), also known as the Sons and Daughters of Rechab,Alan Axelrod International Encyclopedia of Secret Societies and Fraternal Orders New York; Facts on File, inc 1997 p.206 is a fraternal organisation and friendly society founded in England in 1835 as part of the wider temperance movement to promote total abstinence from alcoholic beverages. Fraternal order and Independent Order of Rechabites are fraternal orders.
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Initiation
Initiation is a rite of passage marking entrance or acceptance into a group or society.
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Irish Catholics
Irish Catholics (Caitlicigh na hÉireann) are an ethnoreligious group native to Ireland whose members are both Catholic and Irish.
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Knights of Columbus
The Knights of Columbus (K of C) is a global Catholic fraternal service order founded by Blessed Michael J. McGivney on March 29, 1882.
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Know Nothing
The Know Nothings were a nativist political movement in the United States in the 1850s, officially known as the Native American Party before 1855, and afterwards simply the American Party.
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Ku Klux Klan
The Ku Klux Klan, commonly shortened to the KKK or the Klan, is the name of several historical and current American white supremacist, far-right terrorist organizations and hate groups.
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List of general fraternities
A fraternity or fraternal organization is an organized society of men associated together in an environment of companionship and brotherhood; dedicated to the intellectual, physical, and social development of its members.
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Loyal Order of Moose
The Loyal Order of Moose is a fraternal and service organization founded in 1888 and headquartered in Mooseheart, Illinois. Moose International supports the operation of Mooseheart Child City & School, a community for children and teens in need, located west of Chicago; and Moosehaven, a retirement community for its members near Jacksonville, Florida.
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Medal
A medal or medallion is a small portable artistic object, a thin disc, normally of metal, carrying a design, usually on both sides.
Mutual organization
A mutual organization, also mutual society or simply mutual, is an organization (which is often, but not always, a company or business) based on the principle of mutuality and governed by private law.
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National Fraternal Order of Police
The National Fraternal Order of Police (FOP) is a fraternal organization consisting of sworn law enforcement officers in the United States. Fraternal order and National Fraternal Order of Police are fraternal orders.
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Nativism (politics)
Nativism is the political policy of promoting or protecting the interests of native-born or indigenous inhabitants over those of immigrants, including the support of anti-immigration and immigration-restriction measures.
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Oath
Traditionally an oath (from Anglo-Saxon āþ, also called plight) is either a statement of fact or a promise taken by a sacrality as a sign of verity.
Odd Fellows
Odd Fellows (or Oddfellows; also Odd Fellowship or Oddfellowship) is an international fraternity consisting of lodges first documented in 1730 in London.
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Orange Order
The Loyal Orange Institution, commonly known as the Orange Order, is an international Protestant fraternal order based in Northern Ireland and primarily associated with Ulster Protestants. Fraternal order and Orange Order are fraternal orders.
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Order (distinction)
An order is a visible honour awarded by a sovereign state, monarch, dynastic house or organisation to a person, typically in recognition of individual merit, that often comes with distinctive insignia such as collars, medals, badges, and sashes worn by recipients.
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Order of Alhambra
The International Order of Alhambra is a Catholic fraternal order founded on February 29, 1904, in Brooklyn, New York, by William Harper Bennett.
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Order of chivalry
An order of chivalry, order of knighthood, chivalric order, or equestrian order is an order of knights, typically founded during or inspired by the original Catholic military orders of the Crusades (1099–1291) and paired with medieval concepts of ideals of chivalry.
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The Order of the Star Spangled Banner (OSSB) was an oath-bound secret society in New York City.
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Phaleristics
Phaleristics, from the Greek mythological hero Phalerus (Φάληρος, Phaleros) via the Latin phalera ('heroics'), sometimes spelled faleristics, is an auxiliary science of history and numismatics which studies orders, fraternities, and award items, such as medals, ribbons, and other decorations.
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Protestantism in Ireland
Protestantism is a Christian minority on the island of Ireland.
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Province
A province is an administrative division within a country or state.
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Regalia
Regalia is the set of emblems, symbols, or paraphernalia indicative of royal status, as well as rights, prerogatives and privileges enjoyed by a sovereign, regardless of title.
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Religious order
A religious order is a lineage of communities and organizations of people who live in some way set apart from society in accordance with their specific religious devotion, usually characterized by the principles of its founder's religious practice.
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Ritual
A ritual is a sequence of activities involving gestures, words, actions, or revered objects.
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Secret society
A secret society is an organization about which the activities, events, inner functioning, or membership are concealed.
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Secularity
Secularity, also the secular or secularness (from Latin saeculum, "worldly" or "of a generation"), is the state of being unrelated or neutral in regards to religion.
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Self-styled order
A self-styled order or pseudo-chivalric order is an organisation which claims to be a chivalric order, but is not recognised as legitimate by countries or international bodies.
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Style (form of address)
A style of office or form of address, also called manner of address, is an official or legally recognized form of address for a person or other entity (such as a government or company), and may often be used in conjunction with a personal title.
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Symbol
A symbol is a mark, sign, or word that indicates, signifies, or is understood as representing an idea, object, or relationship.
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Templars of Honor and Temperance
The Templars of Honor and Temperance, also known as the Tempel Riddare Orden, is a fraternal order that was founded in the United States in 1845 to promote the values of the temperance movement.
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Title
A title is one or more words used before or after a person's name, in certain contexts.
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of the continental mainland.
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United States
The United States of America (USA or U.S.A.), commonly known as the United States (US or U.S.) or America, is a country primarily located in North America.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraternal_order
Also known as Fraternal orders, Initiatory order.