Dictionary entry

Sisterhood

Webster's Dictionary 1913

Sis″ter‐hood (?), n. [Sister + hood.] 1. The state or relation of being a sister; the office or duty of a sister.

She... abhorr'd

Her proper blood, and left to do the part

Of sisterhood, to do that of a wife. Daniel.

2. A society of sisters; a society of women united in one faith or order; sisters, collectively. “A sisterhood of holy nuns.” Shak.

The fair young flowers... a beauteous sisterhood. Bryant.