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Comment author: CellBioGuy 08 February 2015 08:37:24PM 0 points [-]

Similar to the fraternal organizations, like the Freemasons or Oddfellows?

Comment author: [deleted] 13 February 2015 02:56:04PM 0 points [-]

Not so much.

Comment author: ChristianKl 15 February 2015 02:41:48AM 0 points [-]

The wikipedia articles does include them in it's description:

Examples of benefit societies include trade unions, friendly societies, credit unions, self-help groups, landsmanshaftn, immigrant hometown societies, fraternal organizations such as the Freemasons and the Oddfellows, coworking communities, and many others.

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