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sisterhood
[ sis-ter-hood ]
noun
- the state of being a sister.
- a group of sisters, especially of nuns or of female members of a church.
- an organization of women with a common interest, as for social, charitable, business, or political purposes.
- congenial relationship or companionship among women; mutual female esteem, concern, support, etc.
- Usually the sisterhood. the community or network of women who participate in or support feminism.
sisterhood
/ ˈsɪstəˌhʊd /
noun
- the state of being related as a sister or sisters
- a religious body or society of sisters, esp a community, order, or congregation of nuns
- the bond between women who support the Women's Movement
Word History and Origins
Origin of sisterhood1
Example Sentences
Both of them said they were "excited" that stories about witches are having a resurgence and "people really need a sisterhood and community".
By sorting truth from deceit, holding the adage that humanity’s greatest weapon is the lie, the Sisterhood wields influence throughout the galactic Imperium by inserting their representatives at the side of every ruler.
The Sisterhood engineers bloodlines, manipulating matches between great houses to cultivate leaders the Bene Gesserit can control, thereby influencing the flow of power.
Either way, the Sisterhood’s aims are one of many colliding schemes and plans.
In what counts as the present day — there is an earlier timeline in which young Valya is played by Jessica Barden and Tula by Emma Canning — the sisters have lifted themselves to positions of influence by way of the newish Sisterhood, later the Bene Gesserit; they’re nuns, basically, who have learned to bend minds.
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