Antonyms for sodality


Grammar : Noun
Spell : soh-dal-i-tee, suh-
Phonetic Transcription : soʊˈdæl ɪ ti, sə-


Definition of sodality

Origin :
  • "companionship, fellowship, association with others," c.1600, from Middle French sodalité or directly from Latin sodalitatem (nominative sodalitas) "companionship, a brotherhood, association, fellowship," from sodalis "companion," perhaps literally "one's own, relative," related to suescere "to accustom," from PIE *swedh-, extended form of root *s(w)e-, pronoun of the third person and reflective (see idiom). Especially of religious guilds in the Catholic Church.
  • noun fellowship
Example sentences :
  • An' Mis' Sykes, she's just crazy to get a-hold o' you an' your house for the Sodality.
  • Extract from : « Friendship Village » by Zona Gale
  • In San Francisco there is a sodality for men and one for women.
  • Extract from : « The Catholic World. Volume II; Numbers 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. » by E. Rameur
  • Why should not a sodality be established in every considerable parish?
  • Extract from : « The Catholic World. Volume II; Numbers 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. » by E. Rameur
  • The literary and scientific "academies" were recruited only from the Sodality.
  • Extract from : « Loyola and the Educational System of the Jesuits » by Thomas Hughes
  • Aubrey says: "We now use the word clubbe for a sodality in a taverne."
  • Extract from : « Club Life of London, Vol. I (of 2) » by John Timbs
  • The Sodality of the Children of Mary was organized in 1862 and has about 250 members.
  • Extract from : « History of the Catholic Church in Paterson, N.J. » by Charles A. Shriner
  • A voice—in point of fact, the voice of the widow Murray: "But what will the sodality do with the watch?"
  • Extract from : « Life at High Tide » by Various
  • Pirkheimer and the monk Chelidonius also belonged to this sodality.
  • Extract from : « Durer » by M. F. Sweetser
  • April 25th, sang for the Sodality in the afternoon (Sisters of Mercy).
  • Extract from : « Sixty Years of California Song » by Margaret Blake-Alverson
  • The sodality of the French Academy kept them together in a certain happy harmony, in spite of their contrast of character.
  • Extract from : « Aspects and Impressions » by Edmund Gosse

Synonyms for sodality

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