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sisterhood |
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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