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Synonyms for sisterhood
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : sis-ter-hoo d |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈsɪs tərˌhʊd |
Définition 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
- "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
Antonyms for sisterhood
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