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    Adelphopoiesis, or adelphopoiia (from the Greek ἀδελφοποίησις/ἀδελφοποιία, derived from ἀδελφός, adelphos, lit. 'brother', and ποιέω, poieō, lit. 'I make'...
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    These documents are liturgies for an ecclesiastical ritual called adelphopoiesis or, in simple English, the "creation of a brother." Whatever these texts...
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    recognized sworn brotherhood in a ceremony, which was known as Greek: adelphopoiesis, Slavic languages: pobratimstvo in the Eastern Orthodox Churches and...
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    History of same-sex unions Pederasty Category:LGBT history Pre-modern era Adelphopoiesis Ancient Egypt Ancient Greece Ancient Peru Ancient Rome Medieval Europe...
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  • History of same-sex unions Pederasty Category:LGBT history Pre-modern era Adelphopoiesis Ancient Egypt Ancient Greece Ancient Peru Ancient Rome Medieval Europe...
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    History of same-sex unions Pederasty Category:LGBT history Pre-modern era Adelphopoiesis Ancient Egypt Ancient Greece Ancient Peru Ancient Rome Medieval Europe...
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    History of same-sex unions Pederasty Category:LGBT history Pre-modern era Adelphopoiesis Ancient Egypt Ancient Greece Ancient Peru Ancient Rome Medieval Europe...
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  • History of same-sex unions Pederasty Category:LGBT history Pre-modern era Adelphopoiesis Ancient Egypt Ancient Greece Ancient Peru Ancient Rome Medieval Europe...
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  • History of same-sex unions Pederasty Category:LGBT history Pre-modern era Adelphopoiesis Ancient Egypt Ancient Greece Ancient Peru Ancient Rome Medieval Europe...
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  • Church or the state. Nevertheless, Historian John Boswell argued that Adelphopoiesis, or brother-making, represented an early form of religious same-sex...
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