confraría

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Galician

Coat of arms of the Fishermen's Guild, Portosín

Etymology

Attested since the 12th century. From Old French confrérie.

Pronunciation

Noun

confraría m (plural confrarías)

  1. guild
    • 1421, Á. Rodríguez González (ed.), Libro do Concello de Santiago (1416-1422). Santiago de Compostela: Consello da Cultura Galega, page 272:
      presentes outrosy Juan Verde, vigario da confraria dos carniçeiros e Gonçalvo Eanes do Canpo e Gonçalvo Eanes da Moeda Nova, vigarios da confraria dos alfayates e Ruy Fernandes, vigario da confraria dos correiros e Juan Senmal, vigario dos ferreiros
      Being present also Xoán Verde, vicar of the butchers' guild, and Gonzalo Eanes do Campo and Gonzalo Eanes da Moeda Nova, vicars of the tailors' guild, and Roi Fernández, vicar of the beltmakers' guild, and Xoán Senmal, vicar of the smiths
  2. religious brotherhood

Related terms

References

  • confraria” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • confraria” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • confraría” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • confraría” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • confraría” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.