Oh, SuperXO,
I agree 100%, I was just referring to what CutiePie stated at the beginning of this thread about the ancient greek word "phratria" -
she said: "the Greek derivative phratres of phratria, meaning tribes or groups of people with similar interests and backgrounds, was the basis for the title, fraternity" -
And I was just meaning to say that I had my doubts about this being the origin of the word fraternity.
I didn't want to make any sexual distinctions even though "soror" is the latin word for sister. However, I am sure, in former times people were just not as concerned about finding a new "womanly" name for fraternity as they are nowadays. That was just not as an important issue as the founding of the sorority itself.
[This message has been edited by matthewg (edited February 12, 2001).]
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