brotherly love

English

Noun

brotherly love (uncountable)

1. A kindly and lenient attitude towards others.

   Synonym: agape

   Coordinate term: sisterly love

   • 1816 June – 1817 April/May (date written), [Mary Shelley], chapter VII, in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus. […], volume II, London: […] [Macdonald and Son] for Lackington, Hughes, Harding, Mavor, & Jones, published 1 January 1818, →OCLC, page 115:

     Do not despair. To be friendless is indeed to be unfortunate; but the hearts of men, when unprejudiced by any obvious self-interest, are full of brotherly love and charity.

   • 1855, Frederick Douglass, “New Relations and Duties”, in My Bondage and My Freedom. […], New York; Auburn, N.Y.: Miller, Orton & Mulligan […], →OCLC, part I (Life as a Slave), page 259:

     He always managed to have one or two slaves to whip on Monday morning, so as to start his hands to their work, under the inspiration of a new assurance on Monday, that his preaching about kindness, mercy, brotherly love, and the like, on Sunday, did not interfere with, or prevent him from establishing his authority, by the cowskin.

Translations

kindly and lenient attitude towards others.

• Aghwan: 𐔼𐕐𐔴𐔱𐕒𐕡𐕙𐔱𐕒𐕡𐕍𐔰𐕒𐕡𐕎 (išeburbuq̇aun)
• Georgian: ძმური სიყვარული (ʒmuri siq̇varuli)
• German: Bruderliebe f
• Gothic: 𐌱𐍂𐍉𐌸𐍂𐌿𐌻𐌿𐌱𐍉 f (brōþrulubō)
• Old Church Slavonic: братолюбьство (bratoljubĭstvo)
• Old English: brōþorlufu f
• Plautdietsch: Breedaleew f

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Translations to be checked

• Romanian: ^{(please verify)} iubire frățească f, ^{(please verify)} dragoste frățească f
• Welsh: ^{(please verify)} cariad brawdol m

References

• “brotherly love”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• Cambridge Dictionary
• “brotherly love”, in Collins English Dictionary, 2011–present.
• "brotherly love" in WordNet 2.0, Princeton University, 2003.