confraría

See also: confraria

Galician

Coat of arms of the Fishermen's Guild, Portosín

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [koɱ.fɾa.ˈɾi.ɐ]

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

• frade
• freire

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “confraria”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “confraria”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: ILG
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “confraría”, 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), “confraría”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “confraría”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN