Antonyms for sisterhood

Grammar : Noun

Spell : sis-ter-hoo d

Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪs tərˌhʊd

brotherhood

Definition of sisterhood

Origin : "state of being a sister," late 14c., from sister + -hood. Meaning "a society of sisters" (usually a religious order) is from 1590s; sense of "women having some common characteristic or calling" is from c.1600.

noun bond

Example sentences :

"She never missed before," says a knitting-woman of the sisterhood.
Extract from : « A Tale of Two Cities » by Charles Dickens

There is a little house close by the Sisterhood where she and the boy could live.
Extract from : « The Coryston Family » by Mrs. Humphry Ward

But we have not found any lack of money among the Sisterhood.
Extract from : « Lotus Buds » by Amy Carmichael

They have banded themselves into a Sisterhood, and christened our clergy-house a 'Settlement.'
Extract from : « The Christian » by Hall Caine

But is accomplished at the expense of the sisterhood of women.
Extract from : « Where Angels Fear to Tread » by E. M. Forster

But self-denial is one of the first lessons learnt in our Sisterhood.
Extract from : « The White Lie » by William Le Queux

The Sisterhood is open day and night to all the poor who are in need of help of any kind.
Extract from : « Criminal Man » by Gina Lombroso-Ferrero

Savannah suffered least of the fair Atlantic sisterhood, from the blockade.
Extract from : « Four Years in Rebel Capitals » by T. C. DeLeon

A sister may, for instance, withdraw220/216 from the sisterhood for proper cause.
Extract from : « Deaconesses in Europe » by Jane M. Bancroft

Not 'the cup of brotherhood' but 'the sausage of sisterhood'!
Extract from : « A harum-scarum schoolgirl » by Angela Brazil

Synonyms for sisterhood

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