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friendly society

Association that makes provisions for the needs of sickness and old age by money payments. Among the largest in the UK are the National Deposit, Odd Fellows, Foresters, and Hearts of Oak. In the USA similar ‘fraternal insurance’ bodies are known as benefit societies; they include the Modern Woodmen of America (1883) and the Fraternal Order of Eagles (1898).



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