fellow Christians or members of a male religious order
(基督教)教友们;(宗教团体的)男教友们。参见<Bold>BROTHER</Bold> (义项 2).
used for humorous or rhetorical effect to refer to people belonging to a particular group
[用于表示幽默或某种修辞效果]同道,同业,同一社团的成员
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our brethren in the popular national press .我们全国大众新闻业的同行们。