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— English words —

• brethren n. (Archaic) plural of brother.
• brethren n. (Poetic) kinsmen.
• brethren n. (Figuratively) The body of members, especially of a fraternal, religious or military order.
• brethren adj. Of or akin to; related; like.
• Brethren n. (Protestantism) Members of any congregation in the Anabaptist tradition of the Schwarzenau Brethren…
• Brethren n. (Specifically) Members of the Church of the Brethren.

— English word, defined in German —

• brethren S. Veraltet, religiös: Brüder.

— English words, defined in Dutch —

• brethren n. Meervoud van het zelfstandig naamwoord brother.
• brethren n. Gebroeders.

— English words, defined in French —

• brethren n. (Archaïsme) Pluriel de brother, surtout dans le sens de « confrère »..
• brethren n. (Au pluriel) Ensemble des membres d’une secte ; à l’origine principalement chez les piétistes allemands…

— English word, defined in Spanish —

• brethren s. Forma del plural de brother.

27 English words from 6 English definitions

akin Anabaptist any Archaic body Brethren brother Church congregation especially Figuratively fraternal kinsmen like members military military␣order of␣a order plural Poetic Protestantism related religious Specifically the tradition

14 English words from 6 foreign definitions

brother chez confrère dans del des Ensemble het les membres plural sens surtout van

18 foreign words from 6 foreign definitions

allemands à␣l’origine Archaïsme Brüder Forma Gebroeders Meervoud naamwoord origine piétistes pluriel principalement religiös secte une Veraltet zelfstandig zelfstandig␣naamwoord

2 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

brethren-in-law brethren␣in␣arms

9 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

co-brethren lay␣brethren half-brethren half␣brethren stepbrethren step-brethren womb-brethren blood␣brethren uterine␣brethren

21 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Bre BrE Bret eth Eth ETH -eth eth- Eth. ethren HRE Hren ren REN -ren ret Ret. Thr THR thre thre-

8 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

Erb 'erb ner NER -ner- ter TER ter-

One anagram found with an extra letter (New word formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

bretheren

3 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

Berreth herbert Herbert

One cousin (New word found by changing only one letter.)

brothren

One epenthesis (New word found when adding only one letter.)

bretheren

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