Category:Sisterhood

Sis"ter*hood, n. Etym: [sister + hood.]

1. The state or relation of being a sister; the office or duty of a Sister. She. . . abhorr'd her proper blood, and left to do the part of Sisterhood, to do that of a wife. Daniel.

2. A society of sisters; a society of women united in one faith or Order; sisters, collectively. "a sisterhood of holy nuns." Shak. The fair young flowers. . . a beauteous sisterhood. Bryant.