Definitions for sisterhood

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sisterhood sis·ter·hood

Spelling: [sis-ter-hoo d]

IPA: /ˈsɪs tərˌhʊd/

Sisterhood is a 10 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 13 points.

You can make 605 anagrams from letters in sisterhood (dehioorsst).

Definitions for sisterhood

noun

1. the state of being a sister.
2. a group of sisters, especially of nuns or of female members of a church.
3. an organization of women with a common interest, as for social, charitable, business, or political purposes.
4. congenial relationship or companionship among women; mutual female esteem, concern, support, etc.
5. Usually, the sisterhood. the community or network of women who participate in or support feminism.

Origin of sisterhood

First recorded in 1350-1400, sisterhood is from the Middle English word sosterhode. See sister, -hood

Examples for sisterhood

"She never missed before," says a knitting-woman of the sisterhood.

Amy Siskind on how the most powerful woman in politics betrays the sisterhood.

But we have not found any lack of money among the sisterhood.

And the negative reaction to it was surprising because it really seemed to prove your point about the lack of “sisterhood.”

They have banded themselves into a sisterhood, and christened our clergy-house a 'Settlement.'

Excerpted from Mighty Be Our Powers: How sisterhood, Prayer, and Sex Changed a Nation at War by Leymah Gbowee.

Over dinner in Beverly Hills recently, the sisterhood was palpable.

They are now in essence a sisterhood joined together by a vile incident.

But is accomplished at the expense of the sisterhood of women.

There is a little house close by the sisterhood where she and the boy could live.