BROTHER is also an appellation more peculiarly given to certain orders of religious: Thus, the
Brothers of St Alexis, in the low countries, were an order of persons who attended on those who lay dying, and took care of the burial of the dead. See also Brethren of Charity, of DEATH, &c.
Poor Brothers, in the charity-house, a denomination given to decayed gentlemen, to the number of 80, who are subsisted with diet, clothing, and lodging, on the establishment. The poor brothers are to be gentlemen
Brother Broughton tlemen by descent, come to poverty, or decayed merchants, soldiers, or officers of the king's household. The conditions of admission are, that they have no estate for life worth 200l. nor coming in, viii s. modis, 24l. per annum; and that they be fifty years old, unless they have been maimed in the public service; in which case, the age of forty suffices. They wear a livery-gown within doors.