sorority

[suh-rawr-i-tee, -ror-]

noun

plural

sororities 

1. a society or club of women or girls, especially in a college.

sorority

/ səˈrɒrɪtɪ /

noun

1. a social club or society for university women

Word History and Origins

Origin of sorority¹

1525–35; < Medieval Latin sorōritās, equivalent to Latin sorōr- (stem of soror ) sister + -itās -ity

Word History and Origins

Origin of sorority¹

C16: from Medieval Latin sorōritās, from Latin soror sister

Example Sentences

There were three sororities and three fraternities when I was on campus.

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On Nov. 1, Berkeley police responded to a call at a sorority house in the 2300 block of Warring Street regarding a man who was seen inside a women’s bedroom.

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The Pepperdine seniors and members of the Alpha Phi sorority subsequently received their degrees posthumously.

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Less successful were a half-baked mashup, “Beauty and Mr. Beast,” about the popular YouTuber, and a sorority sketch with Mikey Day as an interloping man wearing a bad facial disguise.

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He sang and performed R&B and psychedelic rock for sororities on the Western Kentucky campus as well as on a tour of the U.S.

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