arch-confraternity

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noun In the Roman Catholic Church, a chief confraternity having affiliated societies and endowed with special privileges: rarely called arch-sodality. See confraternity.

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The medal of the arch-confraternity bears on one side a representation of the Agony of

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
He was amongst the first to visit the picture in its new home, and his name is the first in the register of the arch-confraternity.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
Perpetual Succour and St. Alphonsus, which had been erected in Rome, to the rank of an arch-confraternity and enriched it with many privileges and indulgences.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 11: New Mexico-Philip 1840-1916 1913
A solemn mass was being offered, and a requiem chanted, for the repose of the soul of a member of the arch-confraternity of the Immaculate Heart of MARY.

May Brooke Anna Hanson Dorsey 1855