Definition of Sororal

1. Adjective. Like or characteristic of or befitting a sister. "Sororal concern"

Exact synonyms: Sisterlike, Sisterly
Antonyms: Brotherly
Derivative terms: Sister

Definition of Sororal

1. a. Relating to a sister; sisterly.

Definition of Sororal

1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to a sister. ¹

2. Adjective. Related through someone's sister, e.g. ''sororal nephew''. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sororal

1. sisterly [adj] - See also: sisterly

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sororal

sorn
sorna
sornas
sorned
sorner
sorners
sorning
sornings
sorns
soroban
sorobans
sorocarp
soroche
soroches
soror
sororal (current term)
sororal nephew
sororal nephews
sororal niece
sororal nieces
sororally
sororate
sororate marriages
sororates
sororial
sororicidal
sororicide
sororicides
sororise

Literary usage of Sororal

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

1. The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb by Maurice Henry Hewlett, Laurence Binyon, Edward James Hewlett, William Randolph Hearst, Jonathan Swift, Charles Lamb, Mary Lamb, Edward Verrall Lucas, Frederick Madison Smith, Mariano Tomás (1905)
"How do you all do, amanuenses both—marital and sororal ? NOTE C. LAMB. [Wordsworth had just put forth The Waggoner, which was dedicated to Lamb in the ..."

2. The Quarterly Review by William Gifford, George Walter Prothero, John Gibson Lockhart, John Murray, Whitwell Elwin, John Taylor Coleridge, Rowland Edmund Prothero Ernle, William Macpherson, William Smith (1866)
"They appear on the scene sometimes single, sometimes double, owing to the sororal condition perhaps more than the elder and the abler would willingly have ..."

3. The Letters of Charles Lamb by Charles Lamb, Alfred Ainger (1904)
"How do you all do, amanuenses both—marital and sororal ? 0. LAMB. To JOSEPH COTTLE. LETTER OCX.] N<n>. 5, 1819. Dear Sir—It is so long since I have seen or ..."

4. The Prose of Edward Rowland Sill: With an Introduction Comprising Some by Edward Rowland Sill (1900)
"... to the maternal or sororal call of " Dicky." More than this it would perhaps not be safe to permit to us in the way of escape from our proper labels. ..."

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