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Definition of Sisterhood

1. Noun. The kinship relation between a female offspring and the siblings.

2. Noun. An association or society of women who are linked together by a common religion or trade or interest.

3. Noun. A religious society of women who live together as sisters (especially an order of nuns).

Definition of Sisterhood

1. n. The state or relation of being a sister; the office or duty of a sister.

Definition of Sisterhood

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Sisterhood

1. 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." "The fair young flowers . . . A beauteous sisterhood." (Bryant) Origin: Sister + hood. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sisterhood

sissoo sissoos sissu sissy sissyish sissyness sissynesses sist sist sisted

sister sister sister-in-law sistered sisterhood (current term) sisterhood (current term) sisterhoods sistering sisterlike sisterly

sisters sistership sister chromatid sister chromatid exchange Sister Joseph's nodule Sister Mary Joseph Dempsey sister ship sisting sistra sistroid

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