American English pronunciation

How to pronounce sisterhood

IPA transcription: ['sɪstɚhʊd]

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Noun

  • the kinship relation between a female offspring and the siblings

  • an association or society of women who are linked together by a common religion or trade or interest

  • a religious society of women who live together as sisters (especially an order of nuns)

Usage examples

  • After the Red Queen's defeat, Spiral collects the Sisterhood and teleports off.
  • Alternatively, it may come from Coronis, a nymph of the Hyades sisterhood.
  • Yeungnam maintains sisterhood relationships with various institutions around the world.
  • Part of her accounts of her travels, in letters to her sisterhood, survive.