adelphopoiesis

English

Alternative forms

• adelphopœësis (rare)

Etymology

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἀδελφοποίησις (adelphopoíēsis), from ἀδελφός (adelphós, “brother”) +‎ ποίησις (poíēsis, “creation”). By surface analysis, adelpho- +‎ -poiesis.

Noun

adelphopoiesis

1. Fraternisation between men.
2. (history, Christianity) A ceremony where males are unionised with one another.

Translations

a ceremony where two men are united with one another

• Albanian: vëllamësi
• Esperanto: adelfopoiezo
• Finnish: ystävyysliitto
• French: affrèrement (fr) m
• Greek: αδελφοποίηση (el) f (adelfopoíisi)
• Portuguese: adelfopoiese
• Russian: адельфопоэзис (adelʹfopoezis)
• Spanish: adelfopoiesis (es) m
• Ukrainian: адельфопое́з (adelʹfopoéz), братотворі́ння (bratotvorínnja)