a term of relation between male chil- dren, sprung from the same parents, or from the same father, or the same mother.

The ancients used the term brother, indifferently, to almost all who stood related in the collateral line; as uncles and nephews, cousins-german, &c.

According to the law of Moses, the brother of a man, who died without children, was obliged to marry the widow of the deceased, in order to raise up chil- dren to him, that his name and memory might not be extinct. See Widow.

Among us, it is customary for kings to give the title brother to each other.

In the civil law, brothers, fratriæ, in the plural num- ber, sometimes comprehends sisters.

Brother is also a customary term for priests of the same profession to address one another by; but it is more particularly used to denote the relation between monks of the same convent; as, brother Zachary; in English, we more usually say, Friar Zachary, from the French word frère, brother.—Preachers also call their hearers, my brethren, or my dear brethren. This appellation is borrowed from the primitive Christians, who all called each other brothers. But it is now principally used for such of the religious as are not priests; those in orders are generally honoured with the title of father, whereas the rest are only simply brothers.

Brouage, a maritime town of Saintonge in France. It consists of five or six streets which termin- ate in a great square. It is famous for its full-works, which are the finest in the kingdom. W. Long. i. o. N. Lat. 45. 50.

Broushaven, a port-town of the United Provinces, in the island of Schonen in Zealand, seated on the north side of the island, in a bay of the sea, in E. Long. 3. 35. N. Lat. 51. 50.