Found 2 items, similar to Sisterhood.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: sisterhood
sisterhood
n 1: the kinship relation between a female offspring and the
siblings [syn:
sistership]
2: a religious society of sisters (especially an order of nuns)
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Sisterhood
Sisterhood
\Sis"ter*hood\, n. [Sister + hood.]
1. The state or relation of being a sister; the office or
duty of a sister.
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She . . . abhorr'd
Her proper blood, and left to do the part
Of sisterhood, to do that of a wife. --Daniel.
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2. A society of sisters; a society of women united in one
faith or order; sisters, collectively.
“A sisterhood of
holy nuns.” --Shak.
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The fair young flowers . . . a beauteous sisterhood.
--Bryant.
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