September 2006 (UTC)

does greek letter make it a fraternity ?  or the definition of fraternity itself?
http://dictionary.reference.com/search?q=fraternity

fra‧ter‧ni‧ty  /frəˈtɜrnɪti/ Pronunciation Key - Show Spelled Pronunciation[fruh-tur-ni-tee] Pronunciation Key - Show IPA Pronunciation 

–noun, plural -ties. 1. a local or national organization of male students, primarily for social purposes, usually with secret initiation and rites and a name composed of two or three Greek letters.  
2. a group of persons associated by or as if by ties of brotherhood.  
3. any group or class of persons having common purposes, interests, etc.: the medical fraternity.  
4. an organization of laymen for religious or charitable purposes; sodality.  
5. the quality of being brotherly; brotherhood: liberty, equality, and fraternity.  
6. the relation of a brother or between brothers 

http://media.www.msuspokesman.com/media/storage/paper270/news/2006/02/10/CampusLife/Tribute.A.Brief.History.Of.Black.Collegiate.Fraternities.And.Sororities-1614202.shtml?sourcedomain=www.msuspokesman.com&MIIHost;=media.collegepublisher.com

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