Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

christian brother

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.68 in modern English

Syllables: chris-tian broth-er
IPA

26

Scrabble Score

16

Letters

3

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A member of the Congregation of Christian Brothers, a worldwide Catholic religious community founded by Edmund Rice.

noun

A member of the De La Salle Brothers, a Catholic lay religious congregation of pontifical right for men founded in France and now based in Rome.

Inflected Forms

Christian Brothers (plural) Christian Brethren (plural)

Questions

What does christian brother mean?: A member of the Congregation of Christian Brothers, a worldwide Catholic religious community founded by Edmund Rice.

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