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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Sisterhood  \Sis"ter*hood\,  n.  [Sister  +  hood.] 
  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.''  --Shak. 
 
  The  fair  young  flowers  .  .  .  a  beauteous  sisterhood. 
  --Bryant. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  sisterhood 
  n  :  the  kinship  relation  between  a  female  offspring  and  the 
  siblings  [syn:  {sistership}] 




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