sisterhood

Meanings

Plural: sisterhoods

Noun

• the kinship relation between a female offspring and the siblings
• an association or society of women who are linked together by a common religion or trade or interest
• a religious society of women who live together as sisters (especially an order of nuns)
• The state, or kinship of being sisters.
• The quality of being sisterly; sisterly companionship; especially, the sense that women have of being in solidarity with one another.
• A religious society of women.
• The idea of universal experience amongst women, regardless of other traits or factors. (Considered obsolete in third-wave feminism.)

Synonyms

sistership, womanhood

Related Words

brotherhood, sorority