Type and usage of sisterhood from BoostVocab

sisterhood

/'sɪstər,hʊd/

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

type of:
association
noun
the kinship relation between a female offspring and the siblings
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sistership

type of:
relationship kinship family relationship
noun
a religious society of women who live together as sisters (especially an order of nuns)
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type of:
religious sect religious order sect

Definition that contains sisterhood

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

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