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Sisterhood - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Sisterhood : (noun)
1: the kinship relation between a female offspring and the
siblings [syn: sistership]
2: a religious society of sisters (especially an order of nuns)
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Sisterhood : \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.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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