Lexic.us

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. Noun. the state, or kinship of being sisters ¹

2. Noun. the quality of being sisterly; sisterly companionship ¹

3. Noun. a religious society of women ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sisterhood

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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

sister chromatid sister chromatid cohesion sister chromatid exchange sister cities sister city sister companies sister company sister planet sister ship sister ships

sistered sistergirl sistergirls sisterhood (current term) sisterhoods sistering sisterless sisterlike sisterliness sisterly

sisterly love sisters sisters-in-law sisters before misters sistership sisting sistra sistren

Literary usage of Sisterhood

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

1. American Jewish Year Book by American Jewish Committee, Jewish Publication Society of America (1916)
"Maryland: Baltimore, Hebrew Congregation sisterhood, Ladies Auxiliary of Har Sinai Temple, Eutaw Place Temple sisterhood; Cumberland, The Hebrew Ladies Aid ..."

2. American Jewish Year Book by American Jewish Committee, Jewish Publication Society of America (1915)
"sisterhood of B'nai Yeshurun ; Sioux City, Jewish Ladies Aid Society. ... Bnal Israel sisterhood of Baton Rouge ; Monroe, Jewish Indies Temple Aid Society ..."

3. American Jewish Year Book by American Jewish Committee, Jewish Publication Society of America (1914)
"Connecticut: Hartford, Ladies Auxiliary Beth Israel; New Haven, Mishkan Israel Temple sisterhood.—District of Columbia : Washington, Ladies Auxiliary ..."

4. American Jewish Year Book by American Jewish Committee, Jewish Publication Society of America (1915)
"Los Angeles, sisterhood of Temple B'nal ... Colorado: Denver, Emanuel sisterhood ... Ala Ho«l*tr, -,Vcw A*r**t ', Atlantic City, Beth Israel sisterhood. ..."

5. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck, Samuel Macauley Jackson (1909)
"The second organization was the sisterhood of the Good Shepherd in ... The sisterhood of St. Mary in New York was founded in 1865, five sisters being ..."

6. The Picayune's Guide to New Orleans (1903)
"After seven years they returned to New Orleans and he founded the sisterhood of the Holy Family. It was a struggling little community; it had tiie sympathy ..."

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