About The Word Sisterhood
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Sisterhood
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What's The Definition Of Sisterhood?
[n] a religious society of sisters (especially an order of nuns)
[n] the kinship relation between a female offspring and the siblings Synonyms | Synonyms for Sisterhood: sistership Related Terms | Find terms related to Sisterhood: See Also | Beguine | family relationship | kinship | relationship | religious order | religious sect | sect | Sister Sisterhood In Webster's Dictionary \Sis"ter*hood\, n. [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.
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