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SISTERHOOD
sisterhood
(noun) a religious society of women who live together as sisters (especially an order of nuns)
sisterhood, sistership
(noun) an association or society of women who are linked together by a common religion or trade or interest
sisterhood, sistership
(noun) the kinship relation between a female offspring and the siblings
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sisterhood (countable and uncountable, plural sisterhoods)
the state, or kinship of being sisters
the quality of being sisterly; sisterly companionship; especially, the sense that women have of being in solidarity with one another.
a religious society of women
(feminism) The idea of universal experience amongst women, regardless of other traits or factors. (Considered obsolete in third-wave feminism.)
Synonyms
• (state of being sisters): sistership
• (feminist concept): womanhood
Hypernyms
• siblinghood
Anagrams
• diorthoses
Source: Wiktionary
Sis"ter*hood, n. Etym: [Sister + hood.]
1. The state or relation of being a sister; the office or duty of a sister. She . . . abhorr'd Her proper blood, and left to do the part Of sisterhood, to do that of a wife. Daniel.
2. A society of sisters; a society of women united in one faith or order; sisters, collectively. "A sisterhood of holy nuns." Shak. The fair young flowers . . . a beauteous sisterhood. Bryant.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
16 November 2024
LEAVE
(verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; “She left a mess when she moved out”; “His good luck finally left him”; “her husband left her after 20 years of marriage”; “she wept thinking she had been left behind”
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