irmandade

From Old Galician-Portuguese, from Latin germānitās, germānitātem. Compare Portuguese irmandade and Spanish hermandad.

• IPA^(key): ,

irmandade m (plural irmandades)

1. brotherhood
   1. (historical) an open league or brotherhood of armed men which was raised against rogue noblemen, usually under royal protection, for the reestablishment of the law
2. fraternity

• irmán
• irmandiño

• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “yrmandade”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “irmandade”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “irmandade”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “irmandade”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “irmandade”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese irmandade, from Latin germānitātem. Compare Galician irmandade and Spanish hermandad.

• Hyphenation: ir‧man‧da‧de

irmandade f (plural irmandades)

1. brotherhood
2. fraternity

• irmão