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Webster 1913 Edition


Sisterhood

Sis′ter-hood

,
Noun.
[
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.

Webster 1828 Edition


Sisterhood

SIS'TERHOOD

,
Noun.
1.
Sisters collectively, or a society of sisters; or a society of females united in one faith or order.
2.
The officer of duty of a sister. [Little used.]

Definition 2024


sisterhood

sisterhood

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Noun

sisterhood (plural sisterhoods)

  1. the state, or kinship of being sisters
  2. the quality of being sisterly; sisterly companionship; especially, the sense that women have of being in solidarity with one another.
  3. a religious society of women

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