| Pronunciation: | | 'sistur`hûd
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] a religious society of sisters (especially an order of nuns)
- [n] the kinship relation between a female offspring and the siblings
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| | Synonyms: | | sistership |
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| | See Also: | | Beguine, family relationship, kinship, relationship, religious order, religious sect, sect, Sister |
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| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \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.
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