Definition of Sisters

1. Noun. (plural of Sister) ¹

2. Noun. (plural of sister) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sisters

1. sister [v] - See also: sister

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sisters

sister ship
sister ships
sistered
sistergirl
sistergirls
sisterhood
sisterhoods
sistering
sisterless
sisterlike
sisterliness
sisterly
sisterly love
sisters (current term)
sisters-in-law
sisters before misters
sistership
sisting
sistra
sistren
sistroid
sistrum
sistrums
sists
sisu
sisyphus
sit
sit-and-go

Literary usage of Sisters

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"The sisters of St. Joseph were established at Savannah in 1867, in charge of the boys' ... The sisters now number about 65, in charge of an academy, ..."

2. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1920)
"sisters, Apostoline; sisters of the Assumption; sisters of Atonement; sisters of Bethany; sisters of Bon Secours; sisters of Charity; sisters of the Divine ..."

3. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"So immediate was the success of the sisters that Father De Smet writing under ... In September of that year four sisters took up their residence and opened ..."

4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... founded in Edinburgh in 1835, was the first established in Scotland since the Reformation); sisters of Mercy (two houses); Little sisters of the Poor; ..."

5. The Novels of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1892)
"MRS JOHN DASHWOOD now installed herself mistress of Norland; and her mother and sisters-in-law were degraded to the condition of visitors. ..."

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