Sisterhood

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. The state or relationship of being a sister or sisters.
  • n. The quality of being sisterly.
  • n. A society, especially a religious society, of women.
  • n. Association or unification of women in a common cause.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. the state, or kinship of being sisters
  • n. the quality of being sisterly; sisterly companionship
  • n. a religious society of women
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The state or relation of being a sister; the office or duty of a sister.
  • n. A society of sisters; a society of women united in one faith or order; sisters, collectively.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The state of being a sister; the relation of sisters; the office or duty of a sister.
  • n. Sisters collectively, or a society of sisters; in religious usage, an association of women who are bound by monastic vows or are otherwise devoted to religious work as a vocation.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. a religious society of women who live together as sisters (especially an order of nuns)
  • n. an association or society of women who are linked together by a common religion or trade or interest
  • n. the kinship relation between a female offspring and the siblings
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Cross Reference
    brotherhood    sorority   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    sistership