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noun
The state, or kinship of being sisters.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The quality of being sisterly; sisterly companionship; especially, the sense that women have of being in solidarity with one another.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
A religious society of women.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
The idea of universal experience amongst women, regardless of other traits or factors. (Considered obsolete in third-wave feminism.)
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
Topics: feminism, government, human-sciences, ideology, philosophy, politics, sciences
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noun
a religious society of women who live together as sisters (especially an order of nuns)
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: sect, religious sect, religious order
noun
an association or society of women who are linked together by a common religion or trade or interest
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sistership
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Broader terms: association
noun
the kinship relation between a female offspring and the siblings
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sistership
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Broader terms: kinship, family relationship, relationship
History
From Middle English susterhede; equivalent to sister + -hood (with a modification in the suffix).
Across languages
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