sodality

American  

[soh-dal-i-tee, suh-] / soʊˈdæl ɪ ti, sə- /

noun

plural

sodalities

1. fellowship; comradeship.

2. an association or society.

3. Roman Catholic Church. a lay society for religious and charitable purposes.

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sodality British  

/ səʊˈdælɪtɪ /

noun

1. RC Church a religious or charitable society

2. fraternity; fellowship

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Etymology

Origin of sodality

1590–1600; < Latin sodālitās companionship, equivalent to sodāl ( is ) companion + -itās -ity

Example Sentences

One exchange began with Mary Elizabeth saying, “They’re having a dance tonight at my sodality.”

From New York Times

Before this ladies’ sodality can get down to new business, a Stranger comes racing into the room, hides under the table and breathlessly pants “They’re after me.”

From Washington Post

They were busy: during the week, there were morning masses, evening devotions, sodalities, weddings, funerals and confessions.

From The Guardian

Yet she is also interested in notions of sodality and fellow feeling.

From New York Times

I was among that sodality of readers who didn’t cotton to “The English Patient,” finding it merely moody, murky and lightly pretentious, a tone poem in search of a whetstone.

From New York Times