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US
/ˈsɪstɝhʊd/
]
[ UK /sˈɪstəhˌʊd/ ]
[ UK /sˈɪstəhˌʊd/ ]
NOUN
- the kinship relation between a female offspring and the siblings
- a religious society of women who live together as sisters (especially an order of nuns)
- an association or society of women who are linked together by a common religion or trade or interest
How To Use sisterhood In A Sentence
- Before Malfurion could ask who she meant, Tyrande brought the glaive up in a salute and murmured something in the hidden tongue of the Sisterhood. WORLD OF WARCRAFT STORMRAGE
- Although women could not be priests or bishops, convents and sisterhoods provided professional opportunities to women in a society where few respectable professional outlets existed.
- They're not bemoaning teenagers, fuelled by anger and betrayal; they are sisterhood driven by their sheer love of making music.
- In a world of brotherhoods and sisterhoods there was always the existence of secret societies.
- To be sure, much of the hysteria from the left wing in Australia mirrors the leftist frenzy within the U.S. Mrs. Palin was always going to upset the global sisterhood for not being the right kind of careerist woman. What's the Matter With Sarah?
- Not 'the cup of brotherhood' but 'the sausage of sisterhood'!" hinnied A harum-scarum schoolgirl
- Prettily and sexily costumed by Ms. Kurtzman in brief baby-doll tunics in a range of cerise and gray hues sparingly appliquéd with tiny roses and paired with pearlescent trunks, Mr. Morris's octet of women form a gamboling sisterhood—think classical nymphs rendered by Isadora Duncan. Where Dancers and Patrons Meet for a Duet
- Young feminists today lack the experience of sisterhood.
- We are able to build up brotherhood and sisterhood.
- The girl then responded to the bishop's queries about Pusey and his dealings with the sisterhood.