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

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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

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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

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