brethren
noun
[ ˈbrɛðr(ɪ)n ]
• fellow Christians or members of a male religious order.
Origin:
Old English: archaic plural of brother.
brother
noun
• a man or boy in relation to other sons and daughters of his parents.
• "he recognized her from her strong resemblance to her brother"
• a (male) fellow Christian.
Origin:
Old English brōthor, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch broeder and German Bruder, from an Indo-European root shared by Latin frater .
