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Sisterhood

Sisterhood Meaning & Definition
Sisterhood Definition And Meaning

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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