SISTERHOOD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does sisterhood mean? 

• SISTERHOOD (noun)
  The noun SISTERHOOD has 3 senses:

1. the kinship relation between a female offspring and the siblings

2. an association or society of women who are linked together by a common religion or trade or interest

3. a religious society of women who live together as sisters (especially an order of nuns)

  Familiarity information: SISTERHOOD used as a noun is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SISTERHOOD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The kinship relation between a female offspring and the siblings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting relations between people or things or ideas

Synonyms:

sisterhood; sistership

Hypernyms ("sisterhood" is a kind of...):

family relationship; kinship; relationship ((anthropology) relatedness or connection by blood or marriage or adoption)

Derivation:

sister (a female person who has the same parents as another person)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An association or society of women who are linked together by a common religion or trade or interest

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

sisterhood; sistership

Hypernyms ("sisterhood" is a kind of...):

association (a formal organization of people or groups of people)

Sense 3

Meaning:

A religious society of women who live together as sisters (especially an order of nuns)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Hypernyms ("sisterhood" is a kind of...):

religious order; religious sect; sect (a subdivision of a larger religious group)

Meronyms (members of "sisterhood"):

Sister ((Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a nun (and used as a form of address))

Beguine ((Roman Catholic Church) a member of a lay sisterhood (one of several founded in the Netherlands in the 12th and 13th centuries); though not taking religious vows the sisters followed an austere life)

Derivation:

Sister ((Roman Catholic Church) a title given to a nun (and used as a form of address))