sorority

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

noun

, plural so·ror·i·ties.

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

While what goes into the curation of every TikTok user’s For You page remains a mystery, one thing has become clear—content from University of Alabama students vying for a spot at the school’s sororities has dominated the app over the last week.

From Time

A week before Martinez died, the complaint says, each pledge was locked in a room with a woman rushing a campus sorority.

From Washington Post

I sort of compare it to rushing a sorority where it’s like “I went through this difficult thing and now I’m going to do this to you.”

From Digiday

In this sorority of strangers, I met Teresa Gardner and Brianna Fox.

From Washington Post

Some former employees say the company felt like a sorority in the early days.

From Time

Her wealthy family imposed its own monetary and social punishment for stepping outside the sorority.

From The Daily Beast

I still miss my friend, a girl from a privileged white family that had a multi-generation history in a sorority at USC.

From The Daily Beast

She turned to me as someone to keep her honest after she first dropped her sorority.

From The Daily Beast

There was another viral post discussing why sorority recruitment needs to change.

From The Daily Beast

Four years ago, when I was a sorority freshman, I would have never said I was a feminist.

From The Daily Beast

Miss Weyman said there were eighteen girls in their sorority, interposed Jerry.

From Project Gutenberg

Hang pennants of the colors everywhere, and if it is a musical sorority, work in the staff and notes in the decorations.

From Project Gutenberg

Have a sorority of dolls dressed in the colors, each doll holding a pennant, in the center of the table.

From Project Gutenberg

The Theta Gammas wrote her down as material for a quaint little, quiet little dig,—not of sorority interest.

From Project Gutenberg

The sorority fever had not struck the little group of her especial friends in their freshman year.

From Project Gutenberg