Thesaurus: sisterhood

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1. n. The state or relation of being a sister; the office or duty of a sister.
2. n. A society of sisters; a society of women united in one faith or order; sisters, collectively.
3. n. the kinship relation between a female offspring and the siblings
4. n. an association or society of women who are linked together by a common religion or trade or interest
5. n. a religious society of women who live together as sisters (especially an order of nuns)
6. 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.
7. n:100 n. the kinship relation between a female offspring and the siblings n. an association or society of women who are linked together by a common religion or trade or interest n. a religious society of women who live together as sisters (especially an order of nuns)