September 2006 UTC does greek letter make it a fraternity or the definition of fraternity itself fra ter ni ty fr t rn ti 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 00 18 19