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Synonyms for sorority

Grammar : Noun
Spell : suh-rawr-i-tee, -ror-
Phonetic Transcription : səˈrɔr ɪ ti, -ˈrɒr-

Définition of sorority

Origin :
  • 1530s, "a society of women, body of women united for some purpose," from Medieval Latin sororitas "sisterhood, of or pertaining to sisters," from Latin soror "sister" (see sister). Sense of "women's society in a college or university" attested by 1887 (Alpha Delta Pi claims founding in 1851).
  • noun sisterhood
Example sentences :
  • It takes brains and dignity to be the president of a Sorority.
  • Extract from : « Blue Bonnet in Boston » by Caroline E. Jacobs
  • She is the child of our sorority, but she belongs most of all to me.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • Why should you run away from the members of your own sorority?
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • We have never stopped thinking of you as a member of our sorority.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Senior Year at High School » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • The sorority girls who were visiting Marcella were for the most part older.
  • Extract from : « Betty Lee, Senior » by Harriet Pyne Grove
  • Mathilde has some following, Carolyn, and she is a sorority girl.
  • Extract from : « Betty Lee, Senior » by Harriet Pyne Grove
  • She and Peggy Pollard have a good deal of influence with the sorority girls.
  • Extract from : « Betty Lee, Senior » by Harriet Pyne Grove
  • She wasnt in anything, but she was the High Mogul in her sorority.
  • Extract from : « Betty Lee, Sophomore » by David Goodger (goodger@python.org)
  • Miss Weyman said there were eighteen girls in their sorority, interposed Jerry.
  • Extract from : « Marjorie Dean College Freshman » by Pauline Lester
  • On their integrity depended its establishment as a sorority.
  • Extract from : « Marjorie Dean High School Senior » by Pauline Lester

Antonyms for sorority

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