Definition of Sorority

1. Noun. A social club for female undergraduates.

Generic synonyms: Club, Gild, Guild, Lodge, Order, Social Club, Society
Member holonyms: Sister

Definition of Sorority

1. Noun. A group of girls or women associated for a common purpose; a sisterhood. ¹

2. Noun. (American English) A social organization of female students at a college or university; usually identified by Greek letters. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Sorority

1. a social club for women [n -TIES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sorority

sororal niece
sororal nieces
sororally
sororate
sororate marriages
sororates
sororial
sororicidal
sororicide
sororicides
sororise
sororised
sororises
sororities
sorority (current term)
sororize
sororized
sororizes
sororizing
sorors
soroses
sorosilicate
sorosilicates
sorosis
sorosises
sorosite
sorostitute
sorostitutes
sorption

Literary usage of Sorority

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

1. Baird's Manual of American College Fraternities (1912)
"ALPHA KAPPA GAMMA (AKr)—A sorority at Tufts College which became a chapter of X Q. ALPHA Nu (AN)—A sorority at Judson College which became a chapter of AA ..."

2. Training the Girl: By William A. McKeever by William Arch McKeever (1914)
"THE COLLEGE sorority The results of a number of inquiries indicate that the ... Perhaps the worst that can be charged against the college sorority is its ..."

3. Training the Girl: By William A. McKeever by William Arch McKeever (1914)
"THE COLLEGE sorority The results of a number of inquiries indicate that the ... Perhaps the worst that can be charged against the college sorority is its ..."

4. The Industrial Training of the Girl by William Arch McKeever (1914)
"THE COLLEGE sorority The results of a number of inquiries indicate that the ... Perhaps the worst that can be charged against the college sorority is its ..."

5. A Detailed Record of Delta Delta Delta, 1888-1907 by Bessie Leach Priddy, Amy Olgen Parmelee, Rachel Louise Fitch (1907)
"No sorority with less than five chapters shall be admitted. 2. No sorority with a Chapter in a school below collegiate rank shall be admitted. ..."

6. The American College by Higher Education Association (U.S.) (1910)
"To that end attention is called to the fact that the first sorority was ... Each sorority has vigorous chapters whose environment does not warrant a house. ..."

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