sisterhood
an organization of women with a common interest, as for social, charitable, business, or political purposes.
congenial relationship or companionship among women; mutual female esteem, concern, support, etc.
Usually the sisterhood. the community or network of women who participate in or support feminism.
Origin of sisterhood
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How to use sisterhood in a sentence
Bigyns, Beguines; these were members of certain lay sisterhoods in the Low Countries, from the twelfth century onwards.
Chaucer's Works, Volume 1 (of 7) -- Romaunt of the Rose; Minor Poems | Geoffrey ChaucerShe takes a close personal interest in many sisterhoods and societies for the help of the poor.
Spanish Life in Town and Country | L. Higgin and Eugne E. StreetThere we may find the complying sisterhoods of that famous tale, and there the good cheer celebrated by Rabelais reigns in glory.
Parisians in the Country | Honore de BalzacHence the revival of the female diaconate in its multiplication of sisterhoods.
Sermons | J. B. LightfootSuch are to be found in the sisterhoods that gather together lost and orphan children, and are their mothers in God.
My Wife and I | Harriet Beecher Stowe
British Dictionary definitions for sisterhood
/ (ˈsɪstəˌhʊd) /
the state of being related as a sister or sisters
a religious body or society of sisters, esp a community, order, or congregation of nuns
the bond between women who support the Women's Movement
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