sisterhood
Americannoun
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the state of being a sister.
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a group of sisters, especially of nuns or of female members of a church.
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an organization of women with a common interest, as for social, charitable, business, or political purposes.
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congenial relationship or companionship among women; mutual female esteem, concern, support, etc.
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Usually the sisterhood. the community or network of women who participate in or support feminism.
noun
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the state of being related as a sister or sisters
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a religious body or society of sisters, esp a community, order, or congregation of nuns
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the bond between women who support the Women's Movement
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Etymology
Origin of sisterhood
First recorded in 1350–1400, sisterhood is from the Middle English word sosterhode. See sister, -hood
Example Sentences
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Has our unity fallen into misdirected victimhood disguised as sisterhood?
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 21, 2026
"That feels valid, but it starts small, and it starts by daily actions, and this idea of sisterhood felt like a really strong theme in this film."
From Barron's ● May 20, 2026
I met them at a mosque in Minneapolis, where the imam described how the crisis had strengthened ties across faith groups: "The ICE raid created more closeness and more brotherhood and sisterhood."
From BBC ● May 7, 2026
It was an embracing of an image of sisterhood, of women choosing to collaborate and affirm their connection with each other.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 5, 2026
"No? You are my guest, my dear. You swore your oath. You've tasted of my food. According to the laws of our sisterhood, there is nothing you can do to harm me."
From "Stardust" by Neil Gaiman
In Los Angeles, Molina became a bridge between the separated sisterhoods of the Westside, South L.A. and the Eastside.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 14, 2023
One of the oldest Black sisterhoods, the Sisters of the Holy Family, formed in New Orleans in 1842 because white sisterhoods in Louisiana, including the slave-holding Ursuline order, refused to accept African Americans.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 30, 2022
One of the oldest Black sisterhoods, the Sisters of the Holy Family, formed in New Orleans in 1842 because white sisterhoods in Louisiana, including the slave-holding Ursuline order, refused to accept African Americans.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 30, 2022
It’s also a defining factor in the crime stories “The Kitchen” and “Hustlers,” where women form uneasy, contingent sisterhoods as a bulwark against male power and as a way to provide for their families.
From New York Times ● Dec. 19, 2019
Those who swelled their little unarmed strength into the reckoning one of leagues, clubs, societies, sisterhoods designed to hold or withhold, move or stay put, make a way, solicit, comfort and ease.
From "Jazz" by Toni Morrison
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