Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: brethren
IPA transcription: [bɹ'ɛðɹən]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: brethren
    Meaning: (plural) the lay members of a male religious order
Usage examples
  • Believe me, my brethren!
  • What happened, my brethren?
  • Place me upon my knees, my brethren, I beseech you!"
  • Brethren, let us go see this thing which has come to pass.
  • "Farewell, Otto," said the brethren that stood about, "farewell, farewell."
  • BE edified at the sight of your brethren's virtues, and edify them by your own.
  • Ah, ye brethren, that God whom I created was human work and human madness, like all the Gods!
  • No matter how many defeats are inflicted upon us by our own brethren we'll triumph in the end."
  • Hearken rather, my brethren, to the voice of the healthy body; it is a more upright and pure voice.
  • The Earth-born Men, as fast as they arose, went down before the weapons in the hands of their brethren.